BoCo is a diesel who was built in September 1958 and arrived on Sodor in 1965 to work on Edward's Branch Line. He is a wise and kind diesel who loves to work.
Bio
Once BoCo came to the North West Railway, he had to deal with Bill and Ben's nonsense as they played a trick on him. Edward soon settled them and told them about BoCo. Then, he threatened to take away the cars he had bought for them when they were teasing Gordon, back when the big engine wandered down Edward's branch. Edward and BoCo then became friends. Since then, he has worked on the Wellsworth-Brendam Bay Branch.
Basis
BoCo is based on the BR Class 28 diesel-electric engine, famous for its Co-Bo wheel arrangement.
Boco's BR number belonged to a real BR Class 28. The real D5702 was built on 29 September, 1958, and was withdrawn on 7th September, 1968, before being scrapped at J. Cashmore Scrapyards the following year.
Appearances
Episodes
- Season 1 - Great Western (does not speak), Night Run (mentioned) and Identity (does not speak)
- Season 2 - Little Engines (does not speak)
- Season 3 - Search Engines (mentioned) and Christmas Delivery (does not speak)
- Season 4 - One Good Deed (cameo), Worked Out (cameo), Cold Wheels (cameo) and Post and Prejudice (cameo)
- Barry the Rescue Engine - The Lucky Ones (cameo), Testing Times (cameo) and Back on Track (does not speak)
- Season 5 - Sheffield's Secret (cameo) and Phantom of the Quarry
- Season 1 STMY - The Missing Engine (mentioned), Last Laugh (does not speak) and Taking Care of Christmas (cameo)
- Season 2 STMY - Unwanted, Dime For Trouble and Caden (cameo)
- Couriers and Concerns - Attitude (cameo) and Bumps in the Night
- Adeline the Phantom Engine - Past Tense (cameo)
- Rowan the Garratt Engine - Two Heritage Engines, An Elusive Quarry, Responsibility and Sixteen
Cancelled Episodes
Specials
Voice Actor
- Thomas1Edward2Henry3 (Season 5 and Winds of Change only)
- SmudgersPKMN (STMY Season 2 onwards)
Trivia
- Before, SI3D's 2006 BoCo model was used to portray him since it was the best available at the time. More recently, it has been replaced by a model released on The Sudrian Community made by SkarloeytheGreat.
- A new model of BoCo was created for the second half of Season 2 of Sodor: The Modern Years.
- BoCo didn't have a speaking role until Season 5, despite making numerous cameos and non-speaking roles.
- BoCo was originally going to speak in the cancelled Season 1 episode, Special Delivery.
- BoCo was one of the few characters to have 3D faces before the transition to Trainz 2019.