Thomas The Tank Engine: Timeline

=19th Century=
== 1802 ==
* The Coalbrookdale Locomotive is built.
==1806==
* Plateway from Ward Fell to Balladwail is built and opened.
==1810==
* Plateway from Ward Fell to Balladwail is closed down and torn up.
==1820==
* Plateway from Ward Fell to Balladwail is rebuilt and extended up the Benglas valley to the mine.
==1822==
* John Arnold Norramby is born.
==1829==
* Stephenson's Rocket is built.
==1836==
* The Ffestiniog Railway is constructed.
==1837==
* Euston station is built.
== 1840 ==
* Stephenson's Rocket is retired from service
==1852==
* King's Cross station is built.
==1853==
* The Act to build the Sodor and Mainland Railway is passed by government.
==1854==
* Paddington station is built.
* Henry John Norramby is born.
* Vere Awdry (Reverend W. Awdry's father) is born.
==1856==
* Neil is presumably built this year and arrives on Sodor.
==1859==
* The Corris Railway is constructed.
==1863==
* Prince is built.
==1864==
* Talyllyn and Skarloey are built.
* Albert Regaby is born.
* Prince arrives at the Ffestiniog Railway.
==1865==
* The Sodor and Mainland Railway is extended to Kirk Ronan.
* Skarloey arrives on Sodor and assists the construction of the Skarloey Railway.
* Stations at Kirk Ronan and Crovan's Gate are built.
* Rheneas is built and arrives in time for the BoT inspection and official opening of the railway in October.
* Agnes, Ruth, Lucy, Jemima and Beatrice are built for the Skarloey Railway.
* Talyllyn arrives in Wales and the Talyllyn Railway is constructed.
==1866==
* Dolgoch is built and arrives on the Talyllyn Railway.
* Skarloey has trailing wheels added to improve stability and has a cab installed.
==1870==
* The Wellsworth and Suddery Railway is opened.
** Stations at Crosby and Wellsworth and Suddery are built.
* The people of Peel Godred plan for a railway to be built.
==1872==
* Albert is built.
* The Mid Sodor Railway Company is formed.
==1875==
* Stepney is built.
* Sir Handel Brown I is born.
* The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway is constructed.
==1877==
* Captain Baxter is built.
==1878==
* Coronel Church is built and arrives in Brazil.
* Sir Haydn is built and arrives on the Corris Railway.
==1879==
* Duke is ordered.
*Bertram is built 
* Coronel Church is abandoned in the Amazon Rainforest.
==1880==
* Duke is shipped to Sodor.
* Arlesburgh Harbour and the Mid Sodor Railway are opened.
** Arlesburgh West is built.
* Sir Topham Hatt I is born.
* Boxhill is built.
* Cromford is built.
==1881==
* Robert Sam, father of Mr. Peter Sam is born.
==1882==
* Victoria and Helena are built for the Furness Railway.
* Barrow-in-Furness station is built.
* The Bluebell Railway is opened.
==1883==
* Charles Henry Norramby is born.
* The Elsbridge & Knapford Railway is formed.
* 1020 is built.
* Irene is built.
==1884==
* Henrietta is built.
* Elsie is built.
==1885==
* Adams is built.
* Cora is built for the Mid Sodor Railway.
* Knapford station is built.
* Knapford Harbour is opened.
==1886==
* Livingston Thompson is built.
* Frederick Regaby dies; Albert Regaby succeeds to his Barony.
==1888==
* Dryaw and Toryreck stations are opened.
==1891==
* Albert is rebuilt.
== 1893 ==
* Old Slow Coach is built 
==1894==
* John Arnold Norramby dies.
* Bert is built.
* Topham Hatt is apprenticed at Swindon Works.
*Emily is built 
==1895==
* L.A.D.A.S., Enid and Wyddfa are built and arrive in Wales.
==1896==
* Edward is built.
* Snowdon, Moel Siabod are built and arrive in Wales.
* The Snowdon Mountain Railway is opened.
* L.A.D.A.S. is scrapped after a fall.
==1897==
* February: Construction on the Culdee Fell Railway begins.
* Skarloey returns to Whitehaven for an overhaul.
==1900==
* Godred, Ernest, Wilfred, Culdee and Shane Dooiney are built and arrive on Sodor.
* 4th June: The Culdee Fell Railway is opened, but is temporarily closed just over a month later when Godred takes a fall.
* Godred is scrapped.
* The Wellsworth and Suddery Railway is extended to Brendam and the old wharf at Suddery is closed.
=20th Century=
==1901==
* 8th April: The Culdee Fell Railway is re-opened after receiving further maintenance following the events of Godred's accident.
* Sir Topham Hatt comes to Sodor.
* Sodor and Mainland Railway goes bankrupt and becomes dormant.
** The Sodor and Mainland engines are scrapped.
** The Motive Power Depot of the S&M is closed.
**Harvey is built
==1903==
* City of Truro is built.
* Percy is built.
* Kevin Volley is born.
==1904==
* City of Truro allegedly becomes one of the first engines to reach 100 mph.
* Falcon is built and shipped to Sodor to replace an older engine of the Mid Sodor Railway, who is then scrapped.
** Falcon is given his name and blue livery by the Mid Sodor Railway.
** Also, while double-heading "The Picnic Train" with Duke, he had an accident at The Mountain Road, luckily, he was rescued and brought back on the rails.
==1905==
* The Elsbridge & Knapford Railway is extended to Tidmouth along a coastal road.
* The Coffee Pots are built at A.W.Dry & Co's works by Mr. Topham Hatt.
* Boxhill is converted into a 2-4-0T.
==1906==
* The Refreshment Lady is born.
* Tidmouth becomes the first town on Sodor to be lit by electricity.
==1908==
* The line from Knapford to Tidmouth along the coast is destroyed by a strong autumn gale.
* Using a treasury loan, A.W.Dry & Co puts unemployed miners to work cutting a tunnel through a ridge to Tidmouth.
* The Elsbridge & Knapford Railway reforms to become the Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Light Railway.
==1909==
* Donald and Douglas are built.
* Coronel Church is discovered.
==1910==
* Bluebell and Primrose are built.
* The Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Light Railway is opened.
** Tidmouth station is built.
* Sir Topham Hatt marries Jane Brown.
* Falcon returns to Loughborough to have trailing wheels fitted.
==1911==
* 15th June: The Reverend W. Awdry is born.
* Barbara Jane, daughter of Sir Topham Hatt, is born.
* City of Truro is rebuilt.
==1912==
* James is built.
* Stepney is rebuilt.
* The Tidmouth, Wellsworth and Suddery Railway is formed from the Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Railway and the Wellsworth and Suddery Railway.
* Margaret Emily Wale Awdry is born.
* Coronel Church is restored and returned to service.
==1913==
* Boxhill is restored.
==1914==
* The North Western Railway is formed from the Sodor and Mainland Railway and the Tidmouth, Wellsworth and Suddery Railway.
** Stations at Dryaw, Toryreck, Elsbridge, Suddery and Brendam are closed by the Tidmouth, Wellsworth and Suddery Railway.
** The main motive power depot of the Tidmouth, Wellsworth and Suddery Railway is closed.
* Sir Charles Topham Hatt is born.
* Toby is built.
* World War I begins.
==1915==
* The North Western Railway is built.
** Stations at Maron, Killdane, Kellsthorpe Road and Norramby are built.
** The Norramby Branch Line is built.
** Albert Regaby becomes chairman of the North Western Railway.
** Thomas is built and arrives on Sodor.
** Edward arrives on Sodor.
** The Ballahoo Tunnel is built.
** The workshops at Crovan's Gate are established.
** The North Western Railways' Motive Power Depot and Administrative Headquarters at Vicarstown are built.
** Vicarstown Station, Bridge and Sheds are built.
** The Kirk Ronan Branch Line is built.
** Kevin Volley joins the North Western Railway as a lad/porter at Knapford.
* Mr. Peter Sam is born.
* Henry John Norramby dies.
* City of Truro is rebuilt a second time.
==1916==
* The Arlesburgh branch line is built.
* 10th August: George Edward Vere Awdry is born.
* Cronk Station is built.
*Ned is built 
==1917==
* Stanley is built.
==1918==
* Robert Charles is born.
* World War I ends.
* Douglas is built.
==1919==
* Plans for the engine that becomes Henry are stolen from Doncaster.
* Adams is sent to work on Colonel Stephens' East Kent Light Railway
==1920==
* Stuart is built, for work on the Mid Sodor Railway.
* Construction of Gordon begins at Doncaster.
* The Vicar of Wellsworth, Charles Laxey is born.
* Sir Handel Brown marries Dorothy Lloyd.
* Thomas is officially sold to the North Western Railway.
* 16th April: Alan Pegler is born.
*Oliver is built 
==1921==
* Edward is officially sold to the North Western Railway.
* Mr. Ivo Hugh is born.
* Kevin Volley is promoted to porter.
* Edward Thomas is built and arrives on the Corris Railway.
==1922==
* Padarn is built and arrives in Wales.
* Construction of Gordon finishes within the early months of the year.
* Henry arrives on Sodor.
* A second bore is built in the tunnel after Henry stops in the original and he was bricked up.
==1923==
* Annie and Clarabel are built.
* Flying Scotsman is built.
* The Peel Godred Power Company and the North Western Railway plan to build a new branch line.
** The branch line is opened.
** Kirk Machan Station is extended so the NWR engines can bring passengers to the Culdee Fell Railway.
** Peel Godred and Abbey stations are built.
* Gordon arrives on Sodor.
* Sir Topham Hatt becomes General Manager of the North Western Railway.
* Rex is built.
* Ralph and Eryri are built and arrive in Wales.
* River Esk is built and arrives at the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway.
* 87546 and 98462 and The Red Engines arrive on Sodor and are shortly sent packing.
* 8783 is built. 
* Gordon gets stuck at the Main Line Hill and was helped by Edward, and the hill was nicknamed "Gordon's Hill" after the incident.
* Henry is freed from the tunnel.
==1924==
* 20th August: The Reverend Teddy Boston is born.
* Sir Handel Lloyd Brown II is born.
* Gordon takes Thomas on a high speed run across the Island.
* Henry begins to present problems.
* Thomas takes Henry's train but leaves the coaches behind.
* Jinty is built.
* Lemberg is built.
* Albert is withdrawn and scrapped.
==1925==
* Thomas takes Edward's trucks out on The Main Line but can't handle them.
* James arrives on Sodor.
* Annie and Clarabel arrive on Sodor to assist with the construction of the Ffarquhar Branch Line and were given to Thomas.
* The old route of the Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Railway is reopened as a branch line to Ffarquhar and Thomas takes charge of the line.
** Hackenbeck station is built.
** Ffarquhar Sheds is opened for Thomas.
* Duke of Boxford 1st is born
* The NWR/LMS agreement is made.
** The North Western Railway starts running to Barrow-in-Furness.
** The Motive Power Depot and Administrative Headquarters are moved to Tidmouth.
* The Crovan's Gate Works are expanded.
* James caused a leak in one of the coaches' brake pipe in the middle of The Main Line and was shut up in the shed.
** James becomes one of the spare engines for The Wild Nor' Wester after Gordon presented problems by switching from The Main Line on to the branch.
* The Toryreck mines begin to decline.
* Pretty Polly is built.
==1926==
* The Sodor Aluminium Company is formed.
* Percy arrives on Sodor after Henry, Gordon and James go on strike after Henry is pushed out of a tunnel by an elephant and Gordon and James have an incident with the turntable.
* 21st April: Queen Elizabeth II is born.
* Caroline is built.
* S.C. Ruffey is built.
*Elizabeth is built 
*Isabella is built 
*Byron is built
*Fergus is built 
==1927==
* Vicarstown Sheds is closed.
* Kevin Volley becomes booking clerk of Elsbridge.
* The road bridge crossing River Els at Elsbridge is widened to accommodate more traffic.
* Trevor is built.
* Stuart and Falcon rescued Duke after breaking down, but when they left Marthwaite, Stuart thought that he rescued Duke, but Duke had plenty of steam lefted in him.
==1928==
* Stanley is turned into a pumping engine.
* Duncan is built.
* 12th June: Vere Awdry dies.
* King James I is built.
* Vicarstown station is rebuilt.
*Duchess of Boxford 
==1929==
* Duck is built.
* The Spiteful Brake Van is built.
* The Great Depression begins.
== 1931 ==
* Thomas had an incident with a fish in his boiler while taking water on the Viaduct on the River Els.
==1932==
* Blister I and Blister II are built.
* Pug is built.
==1934==
* Oliver is built.
* Terence is built.
* Big City Engine is built.
* Albert Regaby steps down from his position as NWR chairman.
==1935==
* Henry is sent to be rebuilt at Crewe into an LMS Stanier Class 5 following his crash with the Flying Kipper.
* Bahamas is built.
* The Isle of Man steamers stop arriving at Arlesburgh, so the traffic to Peel Godred stops too.
*Hiro is built 
==1936==
* Green Arrow is built.
* Mr. Fergus Duncan is born.
* Sir Topham Hatt is promoted from General Manager to Managing Director.
* The mountain section of the Mid Sodor Railway is closed.
* The Mid Sodor bogie saloon stock along with three of six engines are sold.
* Kevin Volley becomes stationmaster at Ffarquhar.
==1937==
* Rheneas is overhauled.
* Sir Charles Topham Hatt leaves Sodor for railway service overseas.
* Judy is built.
==1938==
* Barbara Jane marries Henry Regaby, Viscount Harwick.
* Mallard is built and sets the world speed record for a steam engine: 126mph.
* Duchess of Hamilton is built.
==1939==
* Gordon is rebuilt at Crewe.
* Duchess of Hamilton tours the United States.
* World War II begins.
* Sir Charles Topham Hatt returns from railway service overseas to enlist with the Royal Engineers.
==1940==
* 2nd July: Christopher Awdry is born.
* Sir Charles Topham Hatt marries Amanda, daughter of Mr. Jabez Croarie of Ffarquhar.
* Richard Robert Norramby is born.
* Toad is built.
* Midlander is built.
==1941==
* Rusty is built.
* Sir Stephen Topham Hatt is born.
* Barrow Station is destroyed by the Luftwaffe in the Barrow Blitz.
* Charles Henry dies.
* Veronica Awdry Chambers is born.
* The Great Depression ends.
==1942==
* Duchess of Hamilton is shipped back from the United States.
*Kelly is built 
==1943==
* Bridget Amanda Hatt is born.
* Rheneas takes over the majority of the workload on the Skarloey Railway.
* Robert Charles is killed in action while in North Africa.
==1945==
* 12th May: The first book of The Railway Series is published.
* Sir Charles Topham Hatt is demobilised from the Royal Engineers and spends a further period overseas.
* The Mid Sodor Railway mines are closed one by one.
* 7th May: World War II ends.
==1946==
* The Cas-ny-Hawin mine is flooded.
* Stanley finally breaks down and is abandoned.
* Hilary Awdry Fortnam is born.
* Thomas' first book is published.
* Adams is sent to work on the Lyme Regis branch line in Devon.
==1947==
* The Mid Sodor Railway and the Tidmouth-Arlesburgh branch are closed.
* Duke is sheeted and abandoned in a shed.
* Falcon and Stuart are purchased by the aluminium works at Peel Godred for an expansion project.
* Albert Regaby dies; Henry Regaby succeeds to his Viscountcy.
* Bertie is built and he and Terence arrive on Sodor.
==1948==
* British Railways is formed from the London North Eastern Railway, the London Midland and Scottish Railway, the Southern Railway and the Great Western Railway.
** The North Western Railway becomes officially known as the "North Western Region of British Railways".
*** Sir Topham Hatt is granted a Baronet on his appointment as Chairman of the Regional Executive, after Nationalisation.
* Thomas meets Bertie and befriends him after triumphing over him in a race.
* Mr. Roger Sam is born.
* The claybeds near Brendam are discovered and an industrial line is built to them.
** Bill and Ben are built and arrive on Sodor.
** The old route of the Wellsworth and Suddery Railway is reopened as a NWR branch line and Edward takes charge of the line.
* The Corris Railway is closed.
** Sir Haydn and Edward Thomas are sheeted.
* 14th November: Prince Charles is born.
==1949==
* Harold is built.
* The Slate Quarry begins to decline.
* Tom Rolt is built.
* Percy misunderstood a backing signal for his false cognate about the meaning.
*Arthur is built 
==1950==
* Sir Handel Brown dies; Handel Lloyd Brown succeeds to his Baronetcy.
* David Hugh II is born.
* Alf is built.
*Butch is built 
*Cyril the Fogman
==1951==
* Falcon and Stuart are sheeted.
* Toby's tramway closes down.
** Toby, Henrietta and Elise arrive on Sodor shortly after.
* Sir Handel Lloyd Brown marries Rachael Qualtrough.
* David Hugh I retires.
* Sir Haydn and Edward Thomas are purchased by the Talyllyn Railway.
* Edward, Gordon and Henry had some incidents with some cows.
* Ffarquhar Sheds gains one more berth after Toby's arrival, in total, two berths.
==1952==
* Trevor is sent to be scrapped, but is soon purchased by the Vicar of Wellsworth.
* Rheneas is overhauled for a second time.
* Stuart and Falcon are purchased by the Skarloey Railway and renamed "Peter Sam" and "Sir Handel" respectively.
* Cora is purchased for the Skarloey Railway.
* Sir Charles Topham Hatt returns to Sodor, to become Chief Mechanical Engineer at Crovan's Gate and general assstant to his father.
* Sir Handel is shut up in the shed after misbehavior.
* Peter Sam left the Refreshment Lady behind.
* Skarloey is overhauled a second time.
* Gordon had an incident after falling in a ditch.
* Thomas had an accident at the Toryreck Mines.
*Helen Margaret/Dowager Hattt is born 
==1953==
* Harold arrives on Sodor.
* Queen Elizabeth II visits Sodor.
* Nancy is born.
* Wilbert is built.
* The Ministry of Defence approaches Sir Handel II to buy the nearly worked out slate quarry.
* Alfred is built.
* Douglas arrives at the Talyllyn Railway.
* Mark V is built.
* A television adaptation of The Railway Series is attempted, but fails.
==1954==
* Sir Topham Hatt II becomes the Fat Controller.
* Rebecca Dorothy Brown is born.
* Ballast from the North Western Railway is obtained for the Skarloey Railway.
* Alice, Mirabel, Isabel and Dulcie are built.
==1955==
* Duck arrives on Sodor.
* Percy is permanently allocated to Thomas' Branch Line.
* Ffarquhar Sheds is given one more berth, in total, three berths.
* Gertrude and Millicent are bought by the Skarloey Railway.
* The Railway Series celebrates its 10th anniversary.
* The Other Railway proposes it's Modernization Plan.
* The final of Toby's brothers are withdrawn from service and scrapped.
==1956==
* Sir Topham Hatt I dies; Charles Topham Hatt inherits his father's baronetcy.
* Knapford Junction is moved from south to north of the River Els.
* Kevin Volley becomes stationmaster at Knapford.
* Big City Engine visits Sodor.
* Jinty and Pug visit Sodor, while the engines of the North Western Railway visit London.
* Diesel is built.
* The cutting of hay begins on a farm on the Harbour Line.
*Horrid Lorries are built
*Old Bailey was born 
==1957==
* City of Truro visits Sodor.
* Gordon loses his dome.
* Diesel arrives on Sodor, but is shortly sent packing.
* Rusty arrives on Sodor.
** Mr. Ivo Hugh becomes his driver.
* Midlander arrives on the Talyllyn Railway.
*Duke and Duchess of Boxford 1st meet and get married 
==1958==
* Peter Sam has an accident with some slate trucks at the quarry.
* Duncan arrives on Sodor.
* Skarloey returns from being mended.
* BBC producers make a documentary about the Skarloey Railway.
* D5701 and BoCo are built.
* 8783 is withdrawn from service.
*Mrs' Kyndley's daugther is born
*Murdoch is built 
==1959==
* 31120 and D701 are built.
* 10751 is built.
* Donald and Douglas arrive on Sodor.
* The Spiteful Brake Van is crushed by Douglas and scrapped.
* The Thin Controller finds a Mid Sodor Railway bogie coach at Harwick and 8 coaches are rescued.
* Oliver is rebuilt.
* 8783 is scrapped.
* Captain Baxter is withdrawn from service.
*Max and Monty.
==1960==
* Bulgy is built.
* Thomas crashes into the stationmaster's house and is rebuilt with his running board straightened.
* Daisy is built and arrives on Sodor.
* Kevin Volley becomes stationmaster at Cronk.
* The Ministry of Defence buys the empty slate quarry and the money is used for the construction of the Lakeside loop line.
* Old Stuck-Up and Class 40 are built.
* The Bluebell Railway is established and Stepney and Cromford arrive on there after being withdrawn from service.
*Alfie is built 
*Duke of Boxford 2nd is born 
*The Mayor of Sodor is born
==1961==
* The Peel Godred EMUs arrive on Sodor.
* Peter Sam is given a new Giesl Ejector.
* Sir Handel is given a pair of special wheels with broad tyres.
* Rheneas returns to the Skarloey Railway.
* Adams is withdrawn from service.
*Diesel 10 is built 
*Duchess of Boxford 2nd is born
==1962==
* Lord Harry, Alaric and Eric are built and arrive on Sodor.
* Stepney visits Sodor.
* Class 40 arrives on Sodor, but is shortly sent packing.
* The Class 08s (Arry, Bert, Splatter, Dodge, Sidney and Paxton) are built.
*Salty is built 
==1963==
* Culdee returns to the Culdee Fell Railway.
* Lord Harry is renamed "Patrick".
* Flying Scotsman is saved by Alan Pegler.
* The Lakeside loop line extension begins construction.
* D199 is built.
*Derek is built 
==1964==
* The Arlesburgh branch is rebuilt.
** Haultraugh is built.
* Skarloey's 100th birthday.
* Bear is built.
* King James I is withdrawn and scrapped.
* British Railways is rebranded to British Rail.
*Jack is built
==1965==
* Shane Dooiney returns to the Culdee Fell Railway.
* The one-hundredth anniversary of the Talyllyn and Skarloey Railways are celebrated.
** Rheneas' 100th birthday.
** The loop line extension at Lakeside is opened.
* BoCo arrives on Sodor.
* Gordon is switched by mistake on to Edward's Branch Line after a mishap with a Lady using a green floppy hat causing the fireman mistake a hat for a flag.
*The Railway Series celebrates its 20th anniversary.
*Silver Steam was brought by the Duke of Boxford and was renamed Spencer 
==1966==
* Mike is built.
* The Skarloey Railway becomes a Company instead of being in private ownership.
* River Mite is built.
* The final of Gordon's brothers are withdrawn from service and scrapped.
==1967==
* The Ballast Cleaner arrives on Sodor.
* Blister I and Blister II arrive on Sodor for the construction of the Arlesdale Railway.
* Bert, Mike and Rex arrive on Sodor to service the Arlesdale Railway.
* Reverend W. Awdry and Reverend Teddy Boston visit Sodor.
* The small engines had some incidents:
**Bert was splashed with mud by the clergymans' car.
**Mike loses his whistle.
**Rex had an accident with wool.
* Frank arrives on Sodor.
* Flying Scotsman visits Sodor.
* D199 and D7101 arrive on Sodor but 199 is shortly sent packing after he fails on the level crossing.
* The Arlesburgh branch is re-opened, to be serviced by Duck.
* Oliver, Isabel and Toad are rescued by Douglas and arrive on Sodor.
* D7101 is named "Bear" and renumbered D3.
* Dulcie, Alice and Mirabel are saved from scrap for service with Oliver and Duck.
*Farmer Mcoll is born 
==1968==
* Oliver had an accident on the turntable well after being pushed by the ballast trucks.
* S.C. Ruffey is pulled apart by Oliver and scrapped.
* Kevin Volley retires and lives out his life at Ffarquhar.
* Bulgy arrives on Sodor and is shortly turned into a henhouse.
* D5701 is withdrawn from service.
* Steam traction officially ends on British Railways.
** The Fifteen Guinea Special runs.
* Dusty Miller is born 
==1969==
* Sigrid of Arlesdale is built and arrives on Sodor.
* Duke is discovered by Mr. Fergus Duncan, the Reverend W. Awdry and the Reverend Teddy Boston.
* D5701 is scrapped.
* Flying Scotsman begins his tour of the United States.
==1970==
* Sir Stephen Topham Hatt marries Helen Margaret.
* The siding at Cros-ny-Cuirn is extended to make a passing loop.
* The Railway Series celebrates its 25th anniversary.
==1971==
* Robert Sam dies.
==1972==
* Richard Topham Hatt is born.
* A second platform is added at Marthwaite.
* 15th October: The twenty-sixth and final book in The Railway Series written by the Reverend W. Awdry is published.
==1973==
* Bert is rebuilt.
* Flying Scotsman returns to England after touring the United States.
* 10 November: The first three books in The Railway Series are published in Japan.
==1974==
* Charles Nicholas Hatt is born.
==1975==
* Stepney's 100th birthday.
* The National Railway Museum is built and purchases Mallard.
* Pip and Emma are built.
* The Railway Series celebrates its 30th anniversary.
* Bloomer visits Shildon to take part in a cavalcade for the 150th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
*Jenny Packard is born 
*Allicia Botti is born 
==1976==
* Jock is built.
* Northern Rock is built.
==1977==
* Emily Helen Hatt is born.
* A Motorail Terminal is opened at Killdane.
* Tom Tipper temporarily runs his mail deliveries with a bike instead of his post van.
== 1978 ==
* Thomas saves the Ffarquhar Stationmaster's stolen car.
==1979==
* A replica of Stephenson's Rocket is built.
* Duke's 100th birthday.
* Thomas, Percy and Duck triple head the express after Gordon and Henry become ill.
==1980==
* Roger Sam becomes the new Thin Controller.
* Richard Awdry (Christopher's son) is born.
==1982==
* Duke is overhauled.
* Sir Handel visits the Talyllyn Railway.
* Old Stuck-Up visits Sodor, but leaves after crashing into the sheds.
* Captain Baxter is rebuilt.
==1983==
* 12th September: Christopher Awdry becomes the new writer for The Railway Series.
* Old Stuck-Up and Class 40 are withdrawn and scrapped.
==1984==
* Sir Topham Hatt III becomes the Fat Controller.
* Sir Handel returns from the Talyllyn Railway.
* The National Railway Museum purchases City of Truro.
* The Railway Series' television adaptation airs for the first time.
==1985==
* The Skarloey Funicular Railway is opened.
* Skarloey is overhauled a third time.
* The Iron Duke replica is built.
* Sigrid is re-engined.
* The Railway Series celebrates its 40th anniversary.
==1986==
* Sir Handel is rebuilt.
* 1st April: The Reverend Teddy Boston dies.
* The Refreshment Lady dies.
==1987==
* Mavis is involved in a collision with a lorry.
* Bulstrode is turned into a children's playground on a beach.
==1988==
* Peter Sam visits the Talyllyn Railway.
* Thomas is sent to work at Edward's Branch Line temporarily while a bridge is being repaired on his branch line.
* Flying Scotsman tours Australia. 
* Mallard celebrates the 50th anniversary of his record run and works a series of railtours under the banner "Mallard 88", before being returned to static display at the National Railway Museum.
==1989==
* Fred is built and put into service on the Skarloey Railway.
* Thomas returns to his branch line.
* 21st March: Margaret Emily Wale Awdry dies, aged 77.
==1990==
* After Privatisation, the name "North Western Railway" becomes official.
* Flying Scotsman returns to England from touring Australia.
* Thomas is invited to a railway show in York, England.
* Frank is re-engined.
* Ralph is dismantled and stored off-site.
==1991==
* Mr. Ivo Hugh retires, with David Hugh II succeeding him as the current foreman of the Skarloey Railway.
* Tom Rolt arrives on the Talyllyn Railway and is rebuilt.
* 31120 is withdrawn from service.
*Season 5 takes place
==1992==
* Henry is overhauled.
* Eryri is dismantled and stored off-site.
*Season 6 takes place 
*Salty arrives on Sodor 
*Harvey arrives on Sodor 
==1993==
* Wilbert visits Sodor.
*Season 7 takes place 
==1994==
* 27th October: George Edward Vere Awdry dies, aged 78.
* British Railways is privatised until 1997.
* Bert's 100th birthday.
* 31120 is scrapped.
==1995==
* The Golden Jubilee of The Railway Series is celebrated.
==1996==
* Edward's 100th birthday. 
* Peter Sam returns to the Skarloey Railway to help with the extra work.
* Ivo Hugh is built.
==1997==
* 21st March: The Reverend W. Awdry dies, aged 85.
* Sir Topham Hatt II dies; Stephen Topham Hatt inherits his father's Baronetcy.
== 1998 ==
Season 5 takes place 
== 2000 ==
* Ernest, Wilfred, Culdee and Shane Dooiney's 100th birthday.
* 4th June: 100th anniversary of Godred's accident.
=21st Century=
==2001==
* 1st February: British Rail ceases operations.
==2002==
* Rheneas is overhauled.
* The Corris Railway is reopened.
==2003==
* City of Truro's 100th birthday.
==2004==
* Sir Handel's 100th birthday.
* The National Railway Museum purchases Flying Scotsman.
==2005==
* The Railway Series celebrates its 60th anniversary.
==2007==
* The manager of Ffarquhar Quarry is visited by the police after Henrietta is booked for allowing workmen to ride on her balconies.
* Victoria is restored and returned to service.
* Fergus Duncan retires from being controller of the Arlesdale Railway.
==2008==
* Mallard celebrates the 70th anniversary of his record run.
==2009==
* Donald and Douglas' 100th birthday.
==2010==
*The Railway Series celebrates its 65th anniversary.
* Stepney, Bluebell and Captain Baxter's overhauls are completed and the Bluebell Railway celebrates its 50th anniversary.
* Wilbert is scheduled to be back in service after a major overhaul.
==2011==
* Pip and Emma are purchased by the North Western Railway.
* 6th July: The forty-second and final book in The Railway Series is published.
* The North Western Railway celebrates the Reverend W. Awdry's 100th birthday.
==2012==
* Wilbert is returned to service.
* James's 100th Birthday
* 18th March: Alan Pegler dies, aged 91.
==2013==
* Mallard celebrates the 75th anniversary of his record run with the remaining five A4's.
* 25th November: Hilary Fortnam dies, aged 67.
==2014==
* The North Western Railway celebrates its 100th anniversary.
* Toby's 100th birthday.
* Stepney is withdrawn from service, following the failure of his main steam pipe.
==2015==
* The Railway Series celebrates its 70th anniversary.
* The Skarloey Railway celebrates its 150th anniversary.
* The Bluebell Railway celebrates its 55th anniversary.
* The North Western Railway celebrates running for over 100 years.
* Thomas' 100th birthday.
==2016==
* Flying Scotsman returns to steam in England.
* The North Western Railway celebrates the Reverend W. Awdry's 105th birthday.
==2017==
* The Arlesdale Railway celebrates its 50th anniversary.
==2019==
* Henry's 100th birthday.
== 2020 ==
* The Railway Series celebrates its 75th anniversary.
* 100 Years since Construction of Gordon began at Doncaster.
* Peter Sam's 100th birthday.
== 2021 ==
* The North Western Railway celebrates the Reverend W. Awdry's 110th birthday.
== 2022 ==