Old Rusty

"Clumsy old tug, that Warrior, but it wouldn't half be boring without him!"

— Old Rusty, "Warrior"

Old Rusty is an old tramp steamer.

Biography

TUGS

Old Rusty only appears briefly in Warrior, who bumps into him anchored out in the estuary, claiming to have been anchored there for two years. After his encounter with Warrior, he joked about the tug, saying it would be boring without him. It appears he is a part, or was a part of the Navy given the beret he wears.

Salty's Lighthouse

He makes two appearances in Salty's Lighthouse, first getting bumped by Warrior and telling him to watch where he's going. His second appearance is in a flashback, where Top Hat, Warrior and Otis were reminiscing, also getting bumped.

Personality

Not much is known about Old Rusty's personality, although he seemed to be kind and believed Bigg City Port would be boring without Warrior.

Appearance

Episodes

Warrior

Trivia

It is currently unknown where his model is. The only part that has been recovered of him is his face mask.
Old Rusty is one of the few characters that only has one face mask, the others being Sea Rogue's Uncle, Frank and Eddie, Burke and Blair and Johnny Cuba.
His superstructure and funnel are modified from Izzy Gomez's faceless variant and would later be reused for Johnny Cuba.
- His hull uses the same mould as Izzy and would later be slightly altered for Nantucket.
The model briefly had his head added back onto the model during the filming of Trapped, with a shot from this being used within the final episode.
- This shot is believed to have been done after the model was split in half during the events of Trapped.
In Trapped a small portion of his name is visible on the old tramper hauled by Zug.

Gallery

Miscellaneous

Up River

* Television Series only | ** Annuals only

TUGBOATS	Sunshine (previously) \| Billy Shoepack* \| Sea Rogue* \| Sea Rogue's Uncle* \| Burke and Blair
OTHER WATERCRAFTS	Lillie Lightship \| Old Rusty* \| Little Ditcher \| Top Town Crane* \| Shrimpers \| Fishing Boats \| Schooners \| The Galleon \| The Old Paddle Boat** \| Pearl* \| Barges \| Light Barge* \| Buoys
LAND VEHICLES	Puffa* \| Little Owl* \| Rolling Stock* \| Cranes
PEOPLE	The Fuel Depot Manager* \| Boomer's Old Captain*
FLEETS	Salvage Fleet*
LOCATIONS	Mittsville* \| Uptown* \| The Munitions Factory* \| The Fuel Depot* \| Dun Tuggin'* \| Oil Yard* \| The Breaker's Yard \| The Logging Camp* \| The Sawmill* \| Big Boulder Rock Co.* \| Melon Produce Company* \| The Old Docks* \| Dock Railway* \| Several small quays*

The Navy