Wilbert Awdry
Sodor is a fictional island featured as the setting for "The Railway Series" books by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry (and his son Christopher), begun in 1945, and for the popular "Thomas &amp; Friends" television series since 1984. It is depicted as being located in the Irish Sea, just off the English mainland near Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria.