Skipper Stu runs a tight ship as Dock Master! He’s controller of the dock crane and organizes the loading and unloading of ships and sorting containers.
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Possible Basis[]
Skipper Stu's exact basis is unknown. However, he appears to resemble a EMD G12 with a shortened nose, evident by the cab design and the inclusion of buffers.
Skipper Stu's possible basis
Livery[]
Skipper Stu is painted both bright and pale blue with a royal blue cab roof, black underbody, silver handrails, cab lining and vents, white buffers and red lining along his body. Skipper Stu also retains much weathering along his paintwork.
Starting from the sixth season onwards, James Goode provides a British accent for Skipper Stu in the US dub as opposed to an American accent like in the fifth season. The same case applied for Hamish.
He and Cormac are the only two chuggers with a Bo-Co configuration.
Skipper Stu is the only chugger who has a horn and a whistle at the same time, which is often found on real trains.