Talk:Sodor (fictional island)

message: I thought it was called Isle Of Sodor.
From what I've heard it's locatet just between Scotland and Ireland...
True?
:"Isle" and "Island" are often interchangeable terms. The article clearly states:
::Sodor is supposed to be in the Irish Sea, between the Isle of Man and Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria.
::--=# Amos E Wolfe talk #=- 11:22, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: And just for the record Cumbria is in England not Scotland Penrithguy 21:13, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Isle of 

message: Is Sodor suppossed to be a Crown dependency like the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands or is it a constituient part of the United Kingdom or even a county of England.
Also as I have never read any of the "histories" of Sodor written by the Awdry family if Sodor is a seperate entity to the UK then how is it subdivided?  Or did the Awdrys never explain this?
Penrithguy 20:37, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I think it's meant to be an island that's apart of Great Britain, but not in quite as much control as the Isle of Man or Channel Islands. I only think this because in The Railway Series, Sodor's Northwestern Railway became part of British Railways. Triviatronic9000 (talk) 03:16, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sodor - a Crown dependency? 

message: Close examination of the maps on this page http://www.pegnsean.net/~railwayseries/mapsection.htm show Marthwaite to be correct. It seems that some years ago somebody mis-read it as Maithwaite and this has spread. The maps are from the original books which came before toys and TV series. -=# Amos E Wolfe talk #=- 13:04, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marthwaite vs. Maithwaite 

message: Is Sodor big or small? Felix 22:56, 15 July 2006
Sodor's dimensions are mentioned in the article as is the fact that the TV version seems to be larger Penrithguy 10:32, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Felix, on the Sodor Island Forums site I believe there is a fan fiction section why not join up to the Forums and write your own stories about these engines you have created just one question why would a railway in the British Isles have so many American locomotives? Penrithguy 21:45, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Big or Small? 

message: I have removed the paragraph listing the places on the island, linking it to Fictional Locations (The Railway Series).  More information can be added there, as can other small places not yet mentioned - this page is primarily for the Railway Series, and not for Television info. A page for that may be created in the future. Mdcollins1984 15:12, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fictional Places 

message: A groupd of Internet Entreprenurs are trying to build sodor for real! It is on Reddit and Sodor Island Fansite, and at least one person is doing a feasibillity study on building it. If it becomes real, then this article will need to be backed up by reliable sources verifying the progress. Similar to artificial islands popping up in places like Dubai. 31.124.144.137 (talk) 07:33, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sodor to be real in the future? 

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thread_title:  A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion 

message: remove fictional island and everything related to it being fictional  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.253.233.145 (talk) 22:25, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The article explains how the author made it up at Sodor_(fictional_island)#Inspiration_and_creation. - SummerPhDv2.0 01:13, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  It is real 

message: Just wanted to mention that Template:Skarloey Railway RDT exist and may be relevant for this article. --Trialpears (talk) 20:41, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Template:Skarloey Railway RDT]] 

message: As per WP:ELNO, open wikis are generally not appropriate as external links. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:51, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: Per the clear guidelines (and common sense) of Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction, I have trimmed much of the article. The reminder probably needs a partial rewrite to fix remaining issues of in-universe tone. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs)  04:29, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trimming 

message: There are coordinates attached to this article - do they need removing ? Currenly its located between Wales and Isle of Man  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Exussum12 (talk • contribs) 20:56, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed them; because this is a fictional place (so the location can be described without putting fictional, WP:OR coordinates), and the alleged coordinates were wrong anyway (it should be closer to Barrow-in-Furness, to begin with) RandomCanadian (talk / contribs)  22:54, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinates ? 

message: Throughout every era of the television series, we see plenty of castles in the background (and one of them, Ulfstead Castle is a main location in "King of the Railway" and we see the characters travel there in many episodes after that, such as "The Switch", where Millie and Luke swap jobs for a while. What I'm wondering is: Aside from Ulfstead, how much information do we get on the other castles? I'm sure the set designers wouldn't just put them in for no reason other than for a more lively (or lived in) world, but while I have my own theory, I don't know for sure. Sorry if this seems like an unfit topic. Triviatronic9000 (talk) 03:13, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Castles 

message: The article mentions that . <X> <article> <Y> is the word order used in Goidelic languages for "[the] X of the Y", and is nothing to do with English word order. It's unclear what the article is referring to here.  Stadhan (talk) 00:44, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Placenames 

message: In the "Description of Lines" section there is an image of the rail lines in the style of Henry Beck. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maps-sodor-map-beck-amoswolfe.png
In the bottom right corner there is an insignia that bears a striking resemblance to the Nazi flag, a black geometric shape in a white circle on a red field. This feels intentional. Is there any source that corroborates this imagery as being from the Thomas series? Or is it just wholly inappropriate and in need of removal? Paula Bunions (talk) 06:48, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Strange insignia