Timeline of events in the Stories of Sodor

This article complies a timeline of events in the *Stories of Sodor*. Every year from after the series takes place (starting with 1934) since has a major event listed for it from an episode from that year in the series.

**IMPORTANT NOTE: Before you edit, please do not list events from non-canon episodes, such as the Sodor Shorts series.**

# 19th Century

## 1856

* Clive, Neil and Matthew are built as the first three non-faceless vehicles and help build the Sodor & Mainland Railway.
* The Sodor and Mainland Railway begins construction at Barrow-in-Furness on June 15th.
* Clive, Neil and Matthew build a bridge to Sodor across the Walney Channel.

## 1857

* The Sodor and Mainland Railway officially opens on December 9th.

## 1874

* Winston Churchill is born on November 30th.

## 1878

* Joseph Stalin is born on December 18th.

## 1879

* Construction begins on The Harwick Tramway.
* Toby is built in Ireland and is later shipped to Sodor and helps extends the tramway.

## 1882

* The Sodor and Mainland Railway reaches its greatest extent to Maron after constructing the Viaduct, which almost bankrupted the S&M.
* Construction begins on the Mid-Sodor Railway.
* Duke is built.
* Adam is built.

## 1884

* Atlas is built and purchased by the Mid Sodor after the railway opens a slate quarry.
* Construction begins on the Crovan's Gate Railway.
* Skarloey and Rheneas arrive on Sodor from Wales.

## 1885

* The Crovan's Gate Railway opens on July 6th.
* Construction begins on the Wellsworth & Suddery Railway.
* Colin is built and he, Lily and Adam arrive on Sodor to help build the W&S.

## 1886

* After the W&S complete their main station on Wellsworth, they extend down the southern peninsula towards Suddery and Brendam.
* Brendam becomes the HQ of the Wellsworth and Suddery Railway.

## 1887

* Heavy rainfall in the autumn causes flash-flooding.
* Skarloey helps workmen to evacuate the ballast quarry.
* Mr. Star is born.

## 1888

* The Crovan's Gate Railway is officially renamed to the "Skarloey Railway" on January 2nd.

## 1889

* Adolf Hitler is born on April 20th.
* Winston is built.

## 1891

* Edward is built.
* Albert is built.

## 1894

* Emily is built.
* Sir Handel Brown is born.
* The Fat Controller is born.

## 1895

* Ernest is built.
* Wilfred is built.

## 1896

* The S&M contracts the High Harrington steelworks to produce new rails for a new phase in their expansion and the FR is contracted to deliver the rails. Edward and another FR engine are leased the S&M to maintain services, but Edward gets kicked out after mentioning to Skarloey that their railway is an industrial railway. Edward had gained a negative attitude towards industrial engines after an encounter with Samson, but after Samson stops him from a runaway, the two become friends and Edward's attitude towards industrial engines goes away.

# 20th Century

## 1902

* Crosby Station is built.
* Hurricane is built.

## 1903

* Mrs. Harrigan passes away from influenza.
* The Crovan's Gate Works is opened.
* Montgomery is built.

## 1904

* The Harwick Tramway falls into severe disrepair and closes down.
* Stuart and Falcon are built to extend the MSR from Arlesburgh while Duke and Atlas extend from King Orry's Bridge.
* The Elsbridge & Knapford Railway is founded and Toby is purchased to help expansion.
* Toby is shipped to Brendam where he meets Colin, Lily and Adam for the first time.
* Toby expands the E&K to Elsbridge.
* Alice is built.
* Montgomery becomes one of the first vehicles to reach 100mph.

## 1905

* The Elsbridge & Knapford Railway opens.
* Thomas is built and goes to assist Toby extending the E&K Railway to Knapford.

## 1906

* The MSR is completed, meeting up at Arlesdale on April 12.

## 1907

* The E&K Railway completes its extension to Knapford.
* The Furness Railway agrees with the Sodor and Mainland and Midland Railways for a merger, but plans were dashed after a workman had been injured. A strike had halved the FR's manpower and the yard becomes a complete mess. A crane also falls onto a fuel tank, causing a nasty explosion and crippling the FR's finances and eventually closed down.
* The majority of faceless engines from the former Furness Railway are brought under control by the Railway Board, forming the Fire and Rescue Service.
* Edward arrives on Sodor, is painted blue and renumbered and becomes the E&K's passenger engine.

## 1910

* The SKR decides to expand further into the hills to service the riverside communities.
* Ivo Hugh is built.

## 1911

* Wilbert Awdry is born on June 15th.
* Alfred and Benson are built.
* Molly is built.

## 1912

* James is built.
* Mickey is built.

## 1914

* World War I begins.
* The Lucky Lamp is created and used as Benson's headlamp.
* The British government decides to expand Sodor's mainline to Arlesburgh to link up with the Mid-Sodor Railway, exploit the recently discover coal deposits near Marston Heights and connect the island's most populated centres.
* The Sodor & Mainland Railway is closed down and its three engines are put in charge of the extension to Arlesburgh by the government.

## 1915

* The China Claypits are opened.
* Henry's Tunnel is constructed for a rail line connecting Knapford to Lower Knapford.

## 1916

* Andreas is built.
* Ten Cents is built.
* Drollan is built.
* Knapford Harbor is constructed, and Ten Cents is assigned to work there.
* Drollan is assigned to work at Brendam.

## 1917

* Stanley is built and serves in the war.
* While serving on the Western Front with Stanley and Benson, Kyle Proteus is killed in action.
* The Lucky Lamp arrives on Sodor, along with a soldier, Sir Topham Hatt. He loses the lamp on a crossing. The lamp subsequently plays a role in stopping a sabotage attempt.
* Sir Topham Hatt is taken to the hospital run by Dr. Anderson, who injected chemicals into his patients which make them lose their memories of their time before the war.
* The Lumber Yard at Carldon is opened.
* The Coal Mine at Marston Heights is opened.
* The Ffarquhar Branch Line's construction begins.
* Whiff arrives on Sodor to construct the Ffarquhar Branch.

## 1918

* The standard-gauge line is extended to Arlesburgh.
* World War I ends.
* The Ffarquhar Branchline is opened.
* Neil goes to work at the China Clay Pits.
* Matthew goes to work at the Calden Lumber Yard.
* Whiff returns to the mainland to construct the scrapyard at Barrow and expand the yard.

## 1919

* Clive extends the Ffarquhar Branch to the Anopha Quarry and goes to work there.
* Whiff becomes the station pilot at Barrow and is leased to the scrapyard as a privately owned engine.
* Henry is built.

## 1920

* The MSR starts an express service and Andreas arrives on Sodor.

## 1921

* The W&S and E&K start construction on the Vicarstown Lift Bridge.
* The Railway Act of 1921 to group the 120 railways of Great Britain into the GWR, SR, LMS & LNER.
* Mr. Star and Mr. Zorro arrive on Sodor in September.

## 1922

* Gordon is built.
* Harry is built.

## 1923

* The Railways Act 1921 goes into effect on New Year's Day.
* Flying Scotsman is built.
* Alaric is built.
* Arthur is built and arrives on Sodor.
* Gordon and Douglas arrive on Sodor.
* Arthur is killed in the Great Preston Disaster.
* Donald arrives on Sodor as Arthur's replacement.
* Mickey arrives on Sodor after Arthur's accident.

## 1924

* Randolph is built.
* Reginald is built.
* Randolph unknowingly starts a rumour that destroys Reginald's image and he is transferred to Sodor.
* Henry arrives on Sodor and is given an overhaul.
* James arrives on Sodor.

## 1925

* Matthew accidently bumped into a wagon at the Lumber yard whose load hasn't been secured. A local postman named Patrick Clifton was standing underneath it and got crushed by the lumber.

## 1926

* Knapford station is expanded from two platforms to five.
* Justin is built.

## 1929

* Duck is built.
* The Oil Depot is built.
* The Great Depression begins.

## 1930

* Eric is built.
* The Tidmouth Dairy is built.

## 1931

* Diesel is built by Walter Paxman. He is a success, but after his breakdown, Paxman abandons complete dieselisation.
* After working on a branch line for a time, Diesel is transferred to Sodor.

## 1932

* Terence the tractor is built and arrives on Sodor to serve for the Fire and Rescue Service.

## 1933

* Joey visits Sodor during an outbreak of mad cow disease.

## 1934

* Percy is built and arrives on Sodor.
* Mr. Star gets a delivery contract for the Duchess. The Midis try to steal the contract from them and are successful, until it's revealed that Duck had seen Diesel throw Coleen into the back of Percy. Diesel is given 15 days in Railgate Prison.
* Thomas has a run-in with Bentley of the Ffarquhar Police and while the ticket is voided, Mr. Star plans legal mandatory seminars for his engines.
* Elsbridge Harbour begins construction.
* Oliver is built.
* Geoffrey is built.
* Basil Corbett arrives on Sodor and serves under Mr. Star as his financial director.
* The Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam engine to undisputedly run 100 mph.

## 1935

* After James causes a fire, the Nor'easters are forced to take on extra work as well as their own jobs while James is placed at the Marston Heights coal mine, and soon after, the Midi's yard at Wellsworth almost burns down.
* Gordon and James' mishaps with the express damage the Nor'easter's public image.
* Peter is built and arrives on Sodor. His arrival ends the Nor'easter dominance of the goods industry and the Midis begin stealing contracts and clients from the Nor'easters.
* Eric arrives on Sodor to help the rest of the Nor'easters in the goods work.
* William is built.

## 1936

* The Board of Directors of Elsbridge Harbour begin an expansion of the harbour. Eric is put in charge of the operation, but after he nearly causes and accident with Henry and gives him flat tyres, Edward is put in charge of the operation. Eric is put on indefinite probation.
* The Nor'easters and Midis receive an upgrade in their passenger carriages.
* The Reverend Wilbert Awdry visits Sodor to administer Jennifer Kyndley's wedding.
* Jennifer Kyndley is married.
* Peckett is built.
* The Spanish Civil War starts.

## 1937

* Several hundred refugees from the Spanish Civil War come to Sodor and the Midis and Nor'easters cooperate to resettle the refugees throughout the Island. Thomas and Eric help a pregnant women to Elsbridge where their son, Thomas Eric Galindes is born. Eric is taken off of probation.
* The Midis reallocate their scrapyard from Wellsworth to Killdane.
* A scrapping operation commences at Knapford Harbour and the harbour itself is given a complete overhaul. Edward and Eric deliver scrap to the Barrow-in-Furness scrapyard. The Nor'easters have a very busy day, when Edward meets up with the Vicar who purchases Trevor to be at his orchard.
* Trevor arrives on Sodor.
* During the winter, Arthur's ghost starts appearing and business dramatically drops for both companies. Eventually Toby and Diesel convince Mr. Zorro to get rid of Arthur's ghost by talking to him, and it works.
* Kate arrives on Sodor as the shunter for the Marsten Heights Coal Mine.

## 1938

* During the busy spring season, Mr. Star has Alfred temporarily assigned to Sodor so Gordon can help the rest of the Nor'easters with the goods work.
* An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among cows begins and Joey is assigned to Sodor to oversee quarantine operations on the disease. Around this time, Jacob Burke and Tony Blair, two inspectors from the LNER's head office, keep harassing Mr. Star to make "improvements" to the Nor'easters's operations. Burke and Blair also keep blocking attempts to overhaul Toby, but Toby is given an overhaul after he saved Thomas from being shunted.
* Burke and Blair launch an investigation into the LNER's operations on Sodor. Mr. Star is able to hold onto his position, and soon, the inspectors leave along with Burke and Blair.
* Douglas has a row with a spiteful brake van named Dominic, who keeps giving Douglas trouble, Donald tries to talk sense into Dominic, assaulting him, only to be shunted for two weeks. After Mickey and Dominic talk, Dominic behaves much better. One day, Douglas helps James with a coal delivery to the mainland up Gordon's Hill and Douglas ends up crushing Dominic.
* The Flying Scotsman visits Sodor, and Mr. Star arranges for the A3 to assist the Nor'easters for a short while. Geoffrey visits Sodor, and uses Coleen to sabotage the Nor'easter's trains. Joey enacts Stings, first to catch Coleen, then another, which he successfully arrests Geoffrey and he is sentenced to 30 days in Railgate.
* Stanley arrives on Sodor. Not too long afterwards, An accident at the slate quarry forces the quarry to close for repairs. Toby brings a lamp from the Skarloey Railway which brings good luck wherever it goes.
* Montgomery and Duck visit Sodor.
* Gordon loses his dome and goes to the works and has to be repaired, and Alice visits Sodor to fill in for Gordon.
* Sir Topham Hatt visits Sodor to for an inspection, and during which, a thief steals numerous trains from Sodor and Thomas, Lily and Whiff apprehend him, but the thief, Wendell is sentenced to 15 days in Rail Gate for stealing. Also, a boulder named Bob blocks the main line and is destroyed by Billy Shoepack. After this, Sir Topham Hatt has told Mr. Star and Mr. Zorro that they will both remain in operation on Sodor.
* After the boulder incident, Franks and Son had to lay off numerous workers, including Billy Shoepack, who would also spend two years in prison. Franks and Son decide to downsize and move to Cros-ny-Curin on the Skarloey Railway.
* After the destruction of the main line, more buses began arriving on Sodor and the Sodor Bus Company was formed.
* A series of strikes occur on Sodor, first at Marston Heights, which has Kate deliver coal from the mainland, and one at Knapford Harbour, where the Nor'easters and Midis have to work together at Brendam. However, some engines begin arguing with each other. Duck visits Sodor again to repair the GWR's relationship with the Nor'easters and the Midis, and the strikes end.
* Mr. Zorro organises for an upgrade of Brendam Docks.
* Dominic's ghost begins haunting the line near Gordon's Hill, murders a guard on Lily's train, breaks the mind of James' guard and severely damages Peter and he has to go to Crewe. Douglas manages to make Dominic's ghost leave.
* Geoffrey revisits Sodor to fill in for Peter. Soon afterwards, a series of sabotage attacks strike the Island by Jacob Burke.
* Henry has an accident with the Flying Kipper, killing the guard (Michael Creedy) in the process.
* Because of all the drama with Michael Creedy's death, the possibility of losing her house, and Mr. Zorro not being able to compensate, Angela Creedy ends up shooting herself, committing suicide, leaving the Hall brothers (Robert and Shawn Hall) alone. Gregory Hall ended up getting custody of them after being fired by Mr. Star for gross incompetence and turning into an alcoholic.
* Henry goes to Darlington for repairs and Winston arrives on Sodor to replace him.

## 1939

* Franks and Son's relocation to Cros-ny-Curin is completed.
* Mr. Star and Mr. Zorro have an important meeting at London.
* Thomas and Bertie have a race, and miraculously, the police didn't find out immediately, but when they did, Thomas and Bertie were sentenced to 10 days in Rail Gate, and soon after, Kate plays a prank on Diesel and she is sentenced to 6 days in Rail Gate.
* Sodor begins militarisation in preparation for a potential war.
* Molly visits Sodor and fills in for Winston when he has his five-yearly service.
* Peter returns to Sodor.
* Fort Sudrian is built and Geoffrey soon leaves Sodor.
* Henry returns to Sodor and Winston and Molly leave Sodor.
* Benson arrives on Sodor to administer Fort Sudrian.
* The Great Depression ends.
* Germany invades Poland, and after ignoring an ultimatum from the UK and France, the latter two declare war. World War II begins.

## 1941

* Colin is killed during a blitz attack on Sodor.
* Germany invades the Soviet Union.
* The Japanese launch a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, dragging the United States into World War II.

## 1942

* Rosie is built and arrives on Sodor, replacing Benson at Fort Sudrian.
* Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, Adam, Lily, Douglas and Peter leave Sodor for Africa.

## 1943

* Samantha is built.
* Many engines arrive on Sodor to help the remaining Midis and Nor'easters with the increasing work load.
* Station Master Jeffries dies due to being poisoned.
* James' guard, Alfred and Mr. Star are killed when a member of the British Union plants a bomb in Alfred's train, and Alfred clears Knapford Harbor before it can explode.
* Arthur is built.

## 1944

* The Allies launch Operation Nemesis on June 6, with landings on multiple beaches in Northern France.
* Paris is liberated in August, and the 110th Platoon is reassigned to Europe.
* Sheffield is built.

## 1945

* Lily is killed in an unexploded bomb, saving Henry's life, but Henry is sent back to Sodor due to being heavily damaged.
* Peter bombs a German hospital, killing 19 civilians.
* After Adam and Edward are traumatised by looking inside a shed at the Bulbrick concentration camp, the 110th Platoon is reassigned to their base at Ostend, Belgium.
* Adam shunts a coach of full of German POWs into the sea, drowning them. This causes the 110th Platoon to be disbanded and the remaining six engines return to Sodor.
* Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
* The Rev. W. Awdry publishes his first book.
* World War II ends in Europe when Germany surrenders. It continues in the Pacific until the United States drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August, with Japan surrendering on September 2.

## 1946

* Peckett and Samantha arrive on Sodor.
* Mr. Zorro resigns as director due to lung cancer.
* Sir Topham Hatt takes over from Mr. Zorro.
* Sir Topham Hatt plans for a redevelopment of Vicarstown in light of the village becoming the capital of Sodor.

## 1947

* Sir Topham Hatt organises a reshuffle of his engines.
* The LNER J94 becomes Barrow's second station pilot, replacing Whiff.
* Whiff is bought by Sir Topham Hatt.
* Geoffrey revisits Sodor to assist the engines with the unusually heavy work load in winter. While there, he makes amends with Alfred in his dreams while Douglas makes amends with Henry.

## 1948

* The Nationalisation of the railways happens on January 1st.
* Murdoch is built.
* Heavy rainfall batters Sodor. Flooding damages the Coal Mine at Marston Heights and the China Clay Pits. The latter closes down due to the damage. The former is given a redevelopment.

## 1949

* The Marston Heights Coal Mine is reopened.
* Peter is arrested for bombing Eisenbahn hospital and sentenced to 15 years in Rail Gate.

## 1950

* Geoffrey arrives on Sodor and becomes a permanent member of the North Western Region.
* Paul and Hurricane arrive on Sodor to help with the Peel Godred extension.

## 1953

* The Peel Godred Branch Line is opened.
* Samson arrives on Sodor.
* Joseph Stalin dies of a stroke.
* The Mid Sodor Railway begins to lose work when the Peel Godred Branch Line is opened.
* The Culdee Fell Mountain Railway begins construction.

## 1954

* The Mid Sodor Railway closes down due to dwindling traffic and several unfortunate incidents.
* Duke, Stuart, Falcon, Atlas, Andreas and Stanley are bought by the Skarloey Railway.
* After one of the directors of the Culdee Fell Railway was found to be embezzling, the money couldn't be recovered, causing a huge blow to the finances of the company and abandoning construction.
* Sheffield has an accident, resulting in a man's death and him serving thirty days in Rail Gate Prison.

## 1955

* The Modernisation Plan is passed.
* Mr. Walter Paxman, the man who built Diesel, visits Sodor for Diesel to be used as the prototype for the British Rail Class 08 Diesel shunters.
* Snow came early to Sodor in the winter, along with a thick fog. A mysterious engine appears on Sodor to conduct Operation White Fleet. One night, the engine broke down and its fire had to be dumped. The engine is later revealed to be owned by the Government to conduct Operation White Fleet.

## 1956

* On April 23rd, the Loop Line gets shut down due to the Modernisation effort by British Railways.
* Sheffield becomes Barrow's third station pilot after the J94 had been reassigned.
* Murdoch visits Sodor for the for the first time.
* Some anonymous investors provided the CFR with enough capita so they could resume construction.
* Mr. Peter Sam resigns as controller of the Skarloey Railway and Sir Handel Brown, formerly owner of the Mid Sodor Railway, takes his place as SKR Controller.
* Ernest, Wilfred, Harry and Alaric arrive on Sodor for work on the Culdee Fell Railway.

## 1957

* The Culdee Fell Railway extends to Devil's Back. A week later, the railway offers its services to Royalty Trekking from London, which results in a massive boost in tourism for Sodor, particularly those going to the Peel Godred Branch Line, which massively increased workload there.
* Jonny Cuba, an Australian criminal, arrives on Sodor under the name of Cuthbert to assist on the Peel Godred Branch Line. Soon afterwards, four thieves attempt to rob Geoffrey's post train, but his guard, who was mugged a month before, fires his gun at the thieves, foiling their plan. The four thieves then rob a bank at Brendam, leading to an island-wide hunt. Another attempted heist gives time to make Cuthbert escape and disappear. Soon afterwards, the bank robbers were caught and put in prison.
* After Jonny Cuba's treachery, Molly is brought in to replace him.
* In preparation for the China Clay Pits reopening, Bill and Ben arrive on Sodor.

## 1958

* The Culdee Fell Mountain Railway is completed.
* The China Clay Pits reopen.
* Adam breaks down and is taken to the works where he learns he is diagnosed with metal fatigue. He decides to go for the final firing, and a week later, after his memorial, he is scrapped. In addition, Mr. Zorro manages to beat his lung cancer and attended his final firing alongside Edward, Diesel and The Fat Controller.
* Donald is transferred from the mainline to the Brendam Branch line to replace Adam while a diesel, Joshua, will replace him on the mainline.
* Joshua is built and arrives on Sodor for a trial, proving to be successful and grows conceited. After an accident with a lorry, he realises his error and reconciles with the other engines after being mended.
* BoCo is built and arrives on Sodor. His class was very problematic, causing him to leak oil and on numerous occasions, break down.
* Joshua's trial ends and he leaves Sodor. BoCo takes up his position, but his problems continue plaguing him.
* After the CFR's grand opening, another massive wave of tourism hits Sodor, making the engines busier than ever.
* Emily arrives on Sodor on a rail tour. She meets up with Henry again and the engines are surprised to learn that Emily and Henry are married. Emily is soon made a permanent member of the North Western Region.
* Sheffield tells Eric, James and Diesel about his accident at Sutton. The story soon spread across Sodor, and soon Sheffield made amends with the engines. He also went to Mickey for counseling, which helped him improve his work ethic and with moving quicker, he was able to put the yard at Barrow back into shape.
* Harold arrives on Sodor, two years after the book in which he made first appearance in was published. He is conceited.
* Emily's steaming problems flare up, leading to the Post Train being streamlined. The branch line services are cut.
* Theodore arrives to handle the Post Train. He is conceited but gets his comeuppance when he breaks down. This unfortunately leads to massive delays, which threaten the Post Train. Thomas, Percy, Eric, Molly, and Arthur handle the Post Train when the turntable at the Knapford sheds breaks down. The Post Train is thereafter subjected to streamlining, with the branchline trains being eliminated.
* Harold has to rescue some people that are part of the regatta after their ships capsize.

## 1959

* Harold helps film a documentary about King Godred. This leads to tourists seeking his treasure, resulting in multiple acts of vandalism.
* A robbery of the estate of Sean Hainsley leads to a dog being injured and new regulations regarding treasure hunting.
* An attempted robbery by those same thugs leads to multiple former members of the British Union being caught, and a crime syndicate being brought down.
* The dog owned by Dennis Hainsley, would recover in time to receive an important visitor.
* The French ambassador arrives on Sodor with his dog, which causes controversy as the dog has not been quarantined as is required. The foreign secretary did sign off the dog coming to Sodor, but the documentation is missing. When a string of farm animal deaths occurs, the dog is accused by the tabloids. This nearly leads to a deterioration of relations between Britain and France. However, with help from Bill who does not like dogs due to being peed on once, the dog's name is cleared. The fallout from the scandal leads to the foreign secretary being forced to resign.
* Construction begins on the Waterton Branch.

## 1960

* Mr. Hainsley is reelected.
* Duck and Oliver arrive on Sodor to help build and run the Waterton Branch.
* The morning after Oliver's accident, Diesel arrives as his replacement. Throughout the weeks, tensions between Duck, Percy and Diesel grew, leading to the latter bumping into Duck and Percy. The three make amends and the project continues back on schedule. Oliver soon returns from the works and Diesel is shunted to serve his 30 days, returning to work as a more enlightened engine.

## 1961

* Rusty is purchased by the Skarloey Railway to help with the Skarloey Railway's expansion after blasting is completed.
* The Skarloey Railway expands into the Nartwin Valley.
* Andreas is killed in a landslide.
* In the winter, Stuart has an accident with some trucks which causes a mother bear to go on a rampage after the trucks killed her cubs.
* Duncan has an accident when he apparently collided with a lorry while speeding. Both he and his crew have their memories wiped by The SCP Foundation using amnestics. He is sent to works for an overhaul.

## 1962

* The Skarloey Railway expands to Hawin and soon starts work on a slate quarry, completing it despite significant damage from a boulder.
* Duncan's overhaul is finished and he is given a new coat of paint.
* The SKR completes the slate quarry and constructs a military base in the vicinity known as Camp Culdee.
* Fort Sudrian is decommissioned, and Rosie is reassigned to the Brendam Branch.
* Randolph visits Sodor on a rail-tour when a faulty signal results in a collision between him and Edward which destroys the latter's boiler. A short time later, Randolph derails and at the works, has come down with severe metal fatigue. Despite the workmen's best efforts, Randolph is unsalvageable. Edward is then given a new boiler, but comes so close to death that he sees the ghost of Mr. Star.
* Thomas and Kate break up after years of their relationship becoming toxic due to the latter constantly believing every woman was out to steal Thomas from her.
* Reginald and Samantha are married.

## 1963

* Dr. Richard Beeching visits Sodor, and implements his cuts.
* Carldon and Crosby have their yards closed. Lower Knapford loses its yard and the oil depot.
* Elsbridge Harbour is shut down, but not before helping relocate passengers during a fierce storm.
* The Great Waterton branch has goods services streamlined, which had goods and depots unused.
* The Peel Godred branch has Abbey station shut down.
* The Brendam Branch is spared from the Beeching cuts.
* The Ffarquhar Branch becomes an industrial line and is dubbed "Thomas' branch line" due to publicity from the Railway Series.
* Jonny Cuba returns to Sodor during a fierce storm and is subsequently arrested. He disappears after his questioning, with no one knowing about where he ended up.

## 1964

* Derek, Salty, Daisy and Francis arrive on Sodor for a trial.
* Sheffield is reassigned to the Waterton Branch while a faceless Class 08 shunter succeeds him as Barrow-in-Furness' yard shunter.
* Daisy is assigned to commuter runs.
* Derek is rebuilt to fix his mechanical issues and joins the Fire and Rescue Service.
* Salty is assigned to Brendam Docks.
* Francis fails his trial after falling into a ditch and is reassigned.
* The last living member of the Wellsworth and Suddery Railway returns to Sodor.
* Diesel and Daisy try dating, but they end up deciding they're better as friends.
* Edward comes out as either gay or asexual.
* Peter is released from Railgate as his 15 years sentence is over.
* BoCo returns to Sodor and like Derek, is overhauled to cure his mechanical troubles.
* The Waterton Branch line is opened as Wendell, William and Toad arrive to work on the Branch line.

## 1965

* The police on Sodor go on strike.
* A wave of vandalism occurs across Sodor.
* Robert Hall starts working at Crovan's Gate. He starts a new project.
* Geoffrey is murdered when he crashes into a water pipe that was planted there by an unknown person. His crew also die.
* Geoffrey's murder forces the police and the council to make a deal. The wave of vandalism is ended, but Geoffrey's murderer escapes.
* That same day, a bridge to the mainland is completed.
* Bulgy and Onslow arrive on Sodor and cause trouble along with George.
* George and Oliver get into a fight after Onslow breaks down. George is sent away and spends the rest of his life building motorways.
* Bulgy crashes into a bridge, and Duck takes his passengers. Bulgy is sent away.
* A wave of enthusiasts arrive on Sodor. One, Avery Halifax, keeps standing on the line when taking pictures. The engine crews refuse to do anything about him.
* Wilbert Awdry returns to Sodor for the 20th anniversary of the Railway Series.
* Avery Halifax is run over by a runaway train and killed. Emily's crew are fired for encouraging him.
* The coal mine at Marston Heights closes down.
* Barry is discovered in the scrap yards by Neil and rescued. Those responsible for the mix-up are fired.
* Henry has an accident and is sent to the works. After the parts are delayed, the Works salvages parts from a scrapped engine to repair Henry.
* After initially being reluctant, Barry agrees to take part in Robert Hall's project.
* After the coal mine at Marston Heights closed, the locals pulled through an effort to get the facility declared a heritage railway.
* Clive, Neil and Matthew were acquired after announcing their plans to retire at their 109th birthday and worked to build the Marston Heights Coal Railway.
* Thomas and Kate encountered each other once again since their breakup in 1962. They apologize to one-another and agree to be friends.
* Kate was sold to BR and was transferred to the Little Western after helping to build the MHCR.
* After it was determined Neil had SS (Smokebox Syndrome), Clive and Matthew were checked over as a precaution. The latter also had it, but unlike Neil (who had memory loss) Matthew had hallucinations about a postman named Patrick Clifton and claimed he was around when he died in 1925.
* After Neil and Matthew were cured of their SS and had therapy, the S&M engines finished work on the MHCR and are repainted red.
* Kate had trouble working on the Little Western due to being an industrial engine. The Fat Controller temporarily had her work on the Ffarquhar Branch, receiving training from Toby.
* Percy took over for the work at Ffarquhar Quarry for a while after Clive retired.
* Mavis arrives to the Ffarquhar Quarry to take over full time.
* After improving with better handling on goods and passengers, Kate returned to the Little Western and was repainted green.
* After the Marston Heights Coal Mine closed down, Sodor had to import coal from the Mainland. This was most often handled by Francis.
* It is revealed the experiment Robert Hall wanted to do on Barry was steam-diesel conversion.
* Barry did many jobs all over Sodor to test the experiment which proves to be successful as he was faster, stronger and more efficient. While Barry remained eager to help, he was a bit too eager.
* When Donald wasn't feeling well due to some bad coal, Barry offered to take the Flying Kipper for him even though Hall isn't present. He eventually broke down and was sent to Crovan's Gate. Hall took responsibility for not realizing that Barry should've been given psychological examination before the procedure.
* The experiment was put on hold when Barry had therapy with Mickey, explaining why he felt the "need" to work. He eventually works through his issues and returns to work, but he no longer overworks himself.
* The experimental procedure was deemed a success, making its way among countless non-faceless steamies over the following years. Hall becomes delighted that his project worked and proud of its colloquial nickname, "The Overhaul" (Hall).
* Peter has been struggling to pull his long-distance fuel trains, so the Fat Controller assigns him to passenger duties for the first time, as the enthusiasts take quite an interest in him.
* After being turned on the turntable at Vicarstown, Peter dies after being shot three times in the boiler by Luther von Huss. It is later revealed he had uncovered metal fatigue, which is what was causing his struggles.
* Luther von Huss is arrested for Peter's murder.
* Mr. Zorro dies after being shot by Shawn Hall.
* Shawn Hall tampered with some Munitions at Cros-Ny-Curn one night.
* The Navy came into Sodor to gather fuel and munitions. Benson was put in charge of the operation, barking orders as usual.
* The scrapyard at Barrow is overloaded, Donald and Henry (the latter just came out of the works) are assigned to help transport sold scrap to Killdane. Francis arrives with his fuel train, loudly breaking down in the process, going to the works afterwards.
* Robert Hall receives a call from a real estate company who is selling his childhood home. He manages to purchase it.
* Diesel and Eric carefully transport the munitions from the Skarloey Railway to Brendam where they (along with Toby and Percy) carefully carry out the unloading procedure that night, with Mickey and Derek on standby.
* Benson barges in and demands the schedule be changed so that he's unloaded first. This upsets Thomas, who has just arrived with the fuel tanker. Ignoring everyone else's warnings, Benson decides to forcefully move the train in front of him. Once Benson bumps the train, the munitions are set off, causing several explosions, one of which takes him with it, and setting the whole docks and the explosives onboard the Krakatoa on fire.
* While the engines are dousing the flames, some of the debris lands on Thomas' fuel tanker. He makes it as far as he can to get it safely away from the fire before he grinds to a halt due to the fire melding the brake blocks. Thomas tries to escape, but the tanker explodes killing his crew and resulting in him being charred husk among the debris.
* Edward, Donald, Terence and Robert Hall hear the explosion happen and rush to the scene and are devastated to see the aftermath.
* Many engines are called to help with the cleanup process of Brendam.
* It was determined Benson did not directly caused the accident and the munitions were tampered.
* A live round amongst the wreckage at Killdane ignites and everyone evacuates. Donald could not move due to malfunctioning brakes. Mickey sacrifices himself to protect Donald as the live round detonates, blowing Mickey to bits. Donald suffered minor injuries and was taken to the works.
* Thomas is rushed to Crovan's Gate Works where Robert Hall tries all he can to fix him. He is later pronounced dead as the injuries were too severe.
* The following day, a send off for Thomas is done as proposed by Percy. Francis takes a goods train to Cardiff with his body on it, as the nearest scrapyards have cramped capacities.
* After Donald recovers, Terence shows up with news from the police investigation. The specifics are results of the gun's bullets, which is believed to be linked to two previous murders, that of Gregory Hall and Angela Creedy.
* Donald believes it was Robert Hall and goes to confront him in the works. Robert Hall swears it was not him. Donald then realises that Shawn Hall could be behind it instead.
* Shawn enters the house and commits suicide with the same gun used by his mother. It was never determined if he was responsible for the sabotages and the explosion at Brendam, but it is still deemed likely. Some suspicion also lied at Robert's feet, but without any evidence, this later died down.