Los Furgonetas Problemáticos are enclosed pieces of rolling stock which carry goods on the North Western Railway and abroad, nicknamed because they can be very troublesome and love to play tricks on the engines.
Personalities[]
Like their open wagon counterparts, the Furgonetas Problemáticos delight in mischief and any wise engine knows that they are not to be trusted. If an engine is having a bad day, makes a mistake, or is naive and easily played upon, the vans begin their tricks. Common antics of the vans include singing, name-calling, holding back, bumping and teasing the engines. The vans are not known for common sense, and will cause trouble regardless of the consequences. They are also shown to be somewhat manipulative and can take advantage of other engines that do not know much about them.
In Big World! Big Adventures, vans in other countries are shown to act very differently than the ones on Sodor, being very polite and even helpful to the engines instead of causing trouble. Like their Sodor counterparts, these vans sing songs for their enjoyment but do so for the engines that pull them to enjoy rather than to tease them.
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Several types of Troublesome Vans appear throughout Thomas & Friends. These include: