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Dennis

**Dennis** is a lazy diesel who dislikes hard work, but enjoys making other engines do it for him. He is Norman's twin.

## Persona:

Dennis is considered to be a very lazy diesel who tries to take advantage of others and depend on them to do his work instead. Dennis will often create excuses to get out of work and is infamous for the fact that, unlike most of the engines on Sodor, he does not make an effort on being really useful, and slacks off on a regular basis. As a result of his laziness, he is very unpopular with other engines, but they are forgiving enough to let him redeem himself, depending on how motivated he really is. He usually gets caught in his lies and always says sorry - but whether or not he means it is the question.

## Technical Details:

Dennis is based on British Railways (BR) No. 11001, a prototype diesel built at Ashford Works, England in 1949. It was designed by Oliver Bulleid during his time working for the Southern Railway (SR), but the locomotive was completed after the SR had become part of BR. The Southern Railway experimented with various designs of diesel shunters, and amongst these, 11001 had a larger engine and a higher top speed to enable it to perform pick-up goods duties in addition to shunting. It was not a particularly successful design, and the locomotive was scrapped in 1959. 11001 had numerous distinctive features, such as large connecting rods, a long bonnet with the fuel tank in front, and a domed roof.

Dennis carries his basis' number. Dennis' twin, Norman, is also based on BR 11001.
Hannah

**Hannah** is a tram coach that travels with Toby, Henrietta, Elsie, Victoria and the Quarryman's Coach.

## Persona:

Hannah is rowdy, excitable and near-maniacal, loving to fly down the line at high speeds. However, after tagging along with James and nearly being torn apart, Hannah learned her lesson about going too fast, but her impatience failed to subside. Because of how she likes to get things done fast, her sister often calls her "Hasty Hannah."

## Model Used:

Henry's Horror Forest uses SodorWorkshops Henrietta

## Technical Details:

Hannah is based on a Great Eastern Railway (GER) Wisbech and Upwell Tramway 4-wheel coach.

From the beginning, the Wisbech & Upwell used its own special passenger stock. Initially, only four wheelers were used, but bogie coaches were introduced in 1884. The coaches had balconies at each end and a drawbridge type gangway between coaches. Each balcony had an emergency hand-brake wheel. The coaches looked squat and low-lying due to the need to handle raised track and the absence of platforms at some of the depots.

All the four-wheeled coaches were scrapped by 1948, but the bogie coaches survived into British Railways ownership. One of them, Irene (No. 7), has been preserved by the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway Society.

### Livery

Hannah is painted red-brown with a white rooftop. Her buffer beams were painted red.
Marc

**Marc** is an LNER B4 who works on the Peel Godred Branchline, with Caleb, Wallace, Lindsay, Lee and Queen Alexandra. Marc works as the main ***passenger*** engine.

## Model Used:

Marc uses the BrendamBay3D The Other Green Engine.

## Technical Details:

The new design was very similar to 4-6-0 the two locomotives of the (GCR Class 8C, later LNER class B1) except that they had smaller driving wheels.

They were built with a saturated boiler, inside slide valves and Stephenson valve gear, two outside cylinders connected to 6-foot-7-inch (2.007 m) diameter driving wheels.

### LNER ownership:

The ten locomotives were renumbered by the LNER by adding 5000 to their GCR numbers; and classified as **B4**.

### Modifications:

Between 1925 and 1928 the whole class received superheated boilers, but six received 10-inch piston valves and 21-inch cylinders giving rise to two LNER sub-classes B4/1 and B4/2.

The LNER had designed a new type of superheated boiler (Diagram 16) based on the old design (Diagram 15). These were used on the B1 and B4 class locomotives; no more of this type of boiler was made after 1932, and so to keep the B1 and B4s in service during World War II, some Diagram 15 boilers were modified for use with these locomotives.

### Allocation and work:

The class were originally used on fish trains between the port of Grimsby and London and Manchester although they were also found to be successful passenger locomotives. No. 1097 was also chosen to haul the special train at the inauguration ceremony for the new port of Immingham in 1906, and was named ‘*Immingham*’ thereafter, giving the name to the whole class. After grouping the class was transferred to Ardsley, South Yorkshire and did much useful work in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

### Withdrawal:

No.6095 was withdrawn in 1939, but was reinstated three months later due to the outbreak of war and an expected shortage of locomotive power. After a collision at Woodhead in 1944, No.6095 was officially withdrawn. The remaining 9 were renumbered 1481-1489 in order of construction in 1946. They were withdrawn between 1947 and 1950. The last withdrawal, No.(6)1482(GCR No.1097)Immingham was in 1950, with *Immingham* being the last GCR 4-6-0 to be withdrawn.
William

William is a Great Western Railway 6100 class who works on the Main line and the East Knapford Branchline with Samson.

## Technical Details:

The class was designed by Charles Collett and introduced in 1931, and were a straightforward development of the earlier 5101 class (and for that matter the 1905 3100/5100 class). The main difference from their predecessors was an increased boiler pressure of 225 psi (1.55 MPa) with a consequent increase in tractive effort.

There were seventy in the class, built in two batches in 1931–1933 and 1935. They were frequently referred to by trainspotters as 'Tanner One-ers'- being a reference to their '61xx' numbering sequence using colloquial terms for a sixpence and a penny.

The class was specifically built for commuter services in the London area where they replaced the ageing 2221 class on these services. They lasted to the end of steam on the Western Region of British Railways in 1965, never straying far from their home turf. Typical duties were Paddington to Aylesbury via High Wycombe, and from the same terminus to Oxford, Windsor, Reading and Basingstoke. They were mainly shedded at Old Oak Common, Southall, Slough, Reading and Aylesbury throughout their lives. In the early 1960s, the advent of the first generation diesel multiple units made them semi-redundant though generally far from worn out. Their last few years saw them on more menial duties, as in the adjacent photograph, until scrapping
Toby

Toby is a Brown tram engine! He is the number 7 of the North Western Railway

## Technical Details:

Toby is based on a GER Class C53 0-6-0T Wisbech steam tram (reclassified as J70 by the LNER) built at Stratford Works. They were seen by the Rev. W. Awdry and Christopher Awdry on a holiday at Yarmouth, hence Toby's origins. The J70 started their career on the Great Eastern Railway and were known as C53. They spent most of their career on the Wisbech and Upwell tramway pulling slow goods trains and, until 1927, passenger trains, though several were also assigned to the docks at Ipswich and Yarmouth. The first withdrawal came in 1942. Eventually, the sole survivor of this class was withdrawn from service and scrapped at Stratford Locomotive Works by 1955. They were replaced by BR Class 04s, Mavis' class.

According to The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways and Sodor: Reading Between the Lines, Toby's original number plates had been removed prior to his arrival in 1951. However, it is noted that BR no. 68221 was withdrawn around this time, possibly implying this was his original number. This tram was built as GER no. 127 on 30 June 1914 as part of a batch of three at Stratford. Shortly after grouping on 1 January 1923, it became LNER no. 7127, this changing to no. 8221 under Edward Thompson's 1944 re-numbering scheme. Upon nationalisation on 1 January 1948, it became no. 68221. It was withdrawn on 31 May 1951 from Ipswich Shed and scrapped at Stratford shortly after
Agatha

"It's been Agatha all along"

Agatha is a Dark Crimson Tank engine, who appears to be nice but is a devil in disguise!

## Model Used:

Agatha's model has changed a lot

* Brighton Light 3D Lady reskinned with Mavis' Facepack
* a 2006 Lady reskin with Mavis' faces!

## Technical Details:

Agatha is an LBSC Tich 0-4-0 side tank locomotive. W&S No.4 and Lady are based off this basis!
Colin

Colin is a Peckett class W4 1687 industrial tank engine, with an added fuel bunker at the rear of the cab! He is also the Number 1 of the North Western Railway! He is the part of the Wellsworth and Suddery Railway

## Technical Details:

The **Peckett W4 class** is a class of 0-4-0 ST steam locomotives built by Peckett and Sons at the Atlas Works factory in Bristol, England from 1885 to 1906. 140 Peckett W4 locomotives were built in total, and they were part of a family of six W-class locomotive engines (W2 through W7), which featured cylinders 14 inches (360 mm) in diameter. The W4 class has a piston stroke of 20 in (508 mm), driving wheels with a diameter of 3 ft 3+1⁄2 in (1,003 mm) and a wheelbase of 5 ft 6 in (1.676 m).

The more notable Peckett and Sons customers (and the number of locomotives they purchased) included Manchester Ship Canal (3), Ebbw Vale Steelworks (2), and Huntley and Palmers
Diesel

## Dominic

Dominic is a Class 08 Diesel Shunter!

## Technical Details:

Diesel is based on a British Rail (BR) Class 08 diesel-electric shunter. In the real world, BR Class 08s were in fact the most successful shunting engines in the world with 996 of them built. Over seventy of them are preserved by heritage railways, such as the Dean Forest Railway and museums, such as the National Railway Museum. Around one-hundred BR Class 08s also remain in service on the national rail network. 08850, a BR Class 08 preserved by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Fergus

**Fergus** is a small railway traction engine who works at the Sodor Cement Works.

## Persona:

Fergus knows the rulebook by heart, and his fussy catchphrase is "Do it right!" His insistence on doing everything absolutely according to the rules can annoy the other engines, but he is a decent engine at heart and will not hesitate to help others in trouble. He is also friendly to nearly everyone he meets.

## Technical Details:

Fergus is based on the Aveling and Porter 2-2-0WT 'TJ' class railway traction engine No. 9449 "The Blue Circle", the last standard gauge traction engine to ever be built. Like Fergus, "The Blue Circle" worked at a cement works, Snodland Cement Works, between 1926 and 1962. It was presented to the Bluebell Railway in April of 1964, but was deemed "too slow" and loaned to a group at Quainton Road in 1997. In 2001 it was officially sold to them, and then later in 2005 to the Chinnor Princes and Risborough Railway. In 2007, it was sold to the Battlefield Line at Shackerston. In January 2015, it then moved to the Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway. After being bought again in 2019, it moved to work on the Nene Valley Railway. Since Fergus' introduction, "The Blue Circle" has been dressed up as Fergus on multiple occasions.
Porter

**Porter** is a viridian saddle tank engine who works at Brendam Docks, usually shunting trucks.

## Technical Details:

Porter is based on a H.K. Porter 0-6-0ST, built in Butler, Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh. These engines mainly worked in the dockyards on the east coast of the United States. The Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal Railroad, which served the dockyards in Brooklyn, New York, owned several examples of Porter's design, all of which were retired after the railroad started using diesel locomotives in 1963. One of these, B.E.D.T. 15, was rebuilt into an operating replica of Thomas by the Strasburg Railroad in 1998 for use during Days Out with Thomas events throughout the US. Porter appears to be directly based on B.E.D.T. 15 prior to its rebuild. Another engine, 14, is preserved at the Ulster & Delaware Railroad Historical Society in Arkville, New York. Yet another is preserved in Essex, Connecticut on the Valley Railroad.
Pug

Pug is a LMS Pug who works on the Island of Sodor as a shunter.

## Technical Details:

Pug is based on an LMS 0F Kitson 0-4-0ST. Pug in particular is one of the five from the original 1932 batch (originally built as numbers 1500-1504, later renumbered 7000-7004 and then finally British Railways 47000-47004), which had longer saddle tanks and shorter bunkers. Following the decline of steam, all ten 0F Kitsons were scrapped.

The name **Pug** is derived from a common term in Scotland for a small industrial shunting engine, typically an 0-4-0 tank.
Donald and Douglas

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**Donald** and **Douglas** (originally known by their old numbers, **57646** and **57647**, respectively) are a pair of Caledonian Railway mixed-traffic tender engines from Scotland. Douglas tagged along with Donald to Sodor in order to escape from scrap, despite Donald being the only engine expected. After proving themselves to be really useful, they were both allowed to stay. They now work as utility engines on the North Western Railway; working wherever they are needed. They work primarily on the Little Western, but sometimes on Edward's Branch Line and the Main Line.

## Technical Details:

Donald and Douglas are both based on Caledonian Railway (CR) McIntosh 812 Class 0-6-0 goods engines. Their numbers, however, would realistically place them in the 652 sub-class. One example, No. 828, survives in preservation. This engine appears in the Character Encyclopedia.
Ffarquhar Quarry

The **Ffarquhar Quarry Company** (abbreviated as **FQC**) is a company based at Ffarquhar, which is responsible for the supply and transportation of rock on the Ffarquhar Branch Line. The company operates **Ffarquhar Quarry** (also known as **Anopha Quarry**), which is situated at the end of the branch line.
Rosie

Rosie is a Red Engine! She works at Vicarstown Station!

## Technical Details:

Rosie is based of the United States Army Transportation Administration (USATC) S100 Class of 0-6-0 Tank Engines. The Locomotives were designed by Colonel Howard G. Hill, at total of 382 locomotives were constructed by the Davenport Locomotive Works in Davenport, Iowa, H.K. Porter Locomotive Works of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the Vulcan Iron Works of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, between 1942-1944. Most of them were shipped to the UK in 1943, where they remained in storage until after the D-Day Landings, where they were then shipped all across continental Europe. Following the war, the locomotives ended up all over Europe and Asia. In the UK, 15 S100's were purchased by the Southern Railway, where they were designated as the "USA" Class. A few others were acquired by the National Coal Board, Longmoor Military Railway, and the Austin Motor Company. Impressively, over 100 S100's have survived into preservation, with the majority in North America and Europe.
Ulfstead

**Ulfstead** is a mountain village located north-west of Ffarquhar, near the centre of Sodor. It is famous for the nearby Ulfstead Castle.

## History:

The name derives from Ulf who came to Sodor in 1067. As Thorkell's trusted lieutenant, Jarl Ogmund gave him charge of this strong point which guards the approach to Peel Godred. He had built a castle here by 1070. Ulf boasted that he would hold it against all comers until the lake ran dry. He was a jovial man with a perpetual thirst. His thirst was really for ale; but his men, in jest, called the lake Chybbyr Ulf - Ulf's Well - and the name stuck.

Ulf's Castle defied all efforts of the Scots to take it, until their expulsion in 1078. Subsequent attempts by the Lords of Mann and the Roundheads to seize the castle also ended in failure, with the latter group being unable to get their artillery into range. In 1404, the Castle was given to Sir Arnold de Normanby, 1st Earl of Sodor, by King Henry IV and was the seat of the Earls until 1965. The Mansion where the Earl lived was sold, while the Castle itself was presented to the Sodor Island Trust. The Earl now lives in a comfortable house on the outskirts of the town.

With abundant water-power available and with sheep on the surrounding hills, Ulfstead has for centuries been famous for fine cloth. In the 1820s, there were no less than 60 small mills in the valleys west and southwest of Ulfstead. Now there are but two large mills, but the total output has barely declined. Waterwheels and steam engines have been replaced by electricity. The remaining mills now house a variety of industries, some still related to cloth, but most are more closely linked with wood-working, engineering, or electronics.

Adequate transport has always been a problem. The River Els was made navigable for small boats and a transhipment wharf was built at Elsbridge. A branch line from the Mid Sodor Railway at Ulfstead Road was hoped for and strongly urged by the Earl, but proved to be impracticable. An extension from Ffarquhar was proposed in the 1920s, but by then a revolution in road transport was under way and Sodor Roadways has been able to offer a more flexible service than the North Western Railway ever could. Through connections for both passengers and freight are provided between Peel Godred, Ulfstead, Ffarquhar and beyond, while their Circular Tours in Summer have put Ulfstead once more on the Visiting Industry’s map.

The town lies in the valley hemmed in between the lake and the Castle. Further expansion has had to be up the hillsides and great care is taken to ensure that the character of the place remains unspoilt.

There is much to do and see in Ulfstead. Many visitors come for the day and stay for a week. The best hotel is The Castle (the Earl’s former Mansion), but its prices are correspondingly high. For those with shallower purses, either The Raven or The Norramby Arms are recommended, where the service is equally good while offering fewer frills.

As the village itself is set deep within the mountains, it is susceptible to being snowed in.
Molly

**Molly**, built as **Margaret,** is a Yellow Tender Engine

## Model used:

The model was chosen as BrendanBay3D Molly, originally Henry's Horror Forest used the TidmouthYard3D's RWS Molly model

## Technical Details:

Molly is based on a Great Eastern Railway (GER) D56 Class "Claud Hamilton", classified as D15 by the London and North Eastern Railway, with a Belpaire firebox, sandboxes on her wheel splashers, and the smaller 'water-cart' tender. Claud Hamiltons under the classes S46/D14, D56/D15, and H88/D16 were built at Stratford Works from 1900 to 1923. Under the LNER, most members of the class were rebuilt into the Gresley designed D16/3 sub-class. Members of this class pulled the Royal Train from Wolverton to the Sandringham Estate for several decades. The last D15 was withdrawn in 1952, while the last rebuilt Claud was withdrawn in 1960. None are preserved, though there are plans to construct a replica of D16/2 No. 8783 which is to be named *Phoenix*.
Stephen

**Stephen**, nicknamed "**The Rocket**", is an early steam engine who works at Ulfstead Castle, where he takes visitors around the castle grounds and across the rest of Sodor.

## Technical Details:

Stephen is based on Stephenson's Rocket. Though his design is based on a combination of the Rocket as originally built (such as angled cylinders) and its post-Rainhill modifications (such as a smokebox), Stephen has identified himself as the original Rocket, describing the Rainhill trials and his subsequent working years.
Vicarstown Bridge

**Vicarstown Bridge** is a bascule bridge and the main rail connection between the Island of Sodor and The United Kingdom.

## History:

he first, ambitious and ill-fated, attempt to link Sodor with England via Barrow-in-Furness had been made by the Sodor and Mainland Railway in the 1850s. The Company's high hopes were disappointed. Their proposals for a bridge over the Walney Channel were persistently baulked by the Admiralty. Ironically, they later became the driving force behind the completion of the link to the Mainland.

The Wellsworth and Suddery Railway and Sodor and Mainland Railway collaborated on the bridge in January 1889 and it was completed in the September of that very year.

The Vicarstown Bridge is a double tracked Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge of some 120ft span which is situated at Vicarstown and which carries the North Western Main Line. It connects Sodor to the Mainland at Barrow-in-Furness, crossing the Walney Channel. The bridge was designed by The Fat Director and was erected in 1915.
Duchess of Hamilton

**Duchess of Hamilton** is a preserved steam locomotive living at the National Railway Museum in York.

## Model Used:

Henry's Horror Forest uses the STW3D Duchess of Hamilton

## Technical Details:

### Real-Life History

Duchess of Hamilton is an LMS 8P Princess Coronation "Duchess" class 4-6-2, built in September 1938 by the LMS Crewe Works and operated until February 1964. Duchess was withdrawn from service in February 1964 and was later saved from the scrap yard as a result of Sir Billy Butlin's efforts to place locomotives as children's playground exhibits at his holiday camps. In 1976, the Friends of the National Railway Museum accepted the locomotive from Butlin's on a twenty-year loan deal, and immediately began to restore and preserve it.

It first ran as the Museum’s flagship locomotive in 1980 and was operational until 1985. After purchasing the locomotive from Butlin's in 1987, after an extensive overhaul it resumed running in 1989, withdrawn from main line duty in 1996 when its seven-year boiler ticket expired. From 1998 to 2005, 46229 was a static exhibit in the National Railway Museum, standing next to Mallard. In September 2005 the National Railway Museum announced that the streamlining would be re-instated, returning the locomotive to its original appearance. This work was undertaken at Tyseley Locomotive Works and in May 2009 it was returned to the National Railway Museum in its streamlined form.

Duchess is also based on this class

### Livery

Duchess of Hamilton is painted in LMS Crimson Lake with gold lining and black wheels. Before Duchess was re-streamlined, she was painted in LMS maroon with yellow lining and black wheels. Duchess also had the BR lion and crown logo painted on the tender.

Unlike her basis, Duchess of Hamilton is illustrated in *The Railway Series* with yellow and red boiler bands, whereas the real Duchess of Hamilton only has one yellow band behind the smokebox, the rest being the same colour as the boiler.
Brendam Branchline

## Map:

The **Brendam Branch Line**, commonly known as **Edward's Branch Line**, runs from Wellsworth along a peninsula to Brendam. BoCo, Lexi, Sheffield, Porter, Albert, Derek and occasionally Donald and Douglas assist in running the line. Thomas also worked on the branch line while a bridge was being repaired on his own branch line.

## History:

The branch, originally part of the Wellsworth and Suddery Railway, opened in 1887. The eastern end became a branch line after the North Western Railway opened in 1906.

## Route:

The branch serves Suddery, the Island's capital. There is extensive China clay traffic to and from Brendam. There are also peak passenger "through" trains to and from Tidmouth, at other times there is a local service from Wellsworth to Brendam, Edward and BoCo work the line, but these two are by no means the only motive power employed. A small scrapyard, known as Wellsworth Scrap Yard, is situated on the line. Edward consistently brings scrap metal to and from the yard. The passenger services through Tidmouth are provided between 8 and 10am and 5 to 7pm. This service is supplemented at other times by push-pull trains from Wellsworth.

## Rolling Stock

### Locomotives

EdwardBoCoLexiSheffieldPorterAlbertDerekDonald and Douglas *(occasionally)*
Culdee Fell Railway Engine Sheds

**Culdee Fell Railway Engine Sheds** is the main sheds on the Culdee Fell Railway. The Sheds consists of a Carriage Shed, Engine Shed and Workshops.

## History:

Culdee Fell Railway Engine Sheds are located a slight distance north from Kirk Machan Station, to the right of the line that leads up the mountain. The Carriage Shed has two roads and is long enough to hold nine bogie coaches under cover. It also holds two other vehicles known by the staff as the "Trucks". Due to their importance, they are always kept available on their own road in the Shed.

The Engine Shed now has three roads and is far more commodious and well equipped than it used to be. A small shed with two roads was provided at the railway's opening in 1900. This was adequate for the five engines ordered from Switzerland for the opening of the line and certainly for the four which remained after Godred’s accident. The engine shed was enlarged when three more engines arrived in 1962 and given the three roads it has now. It was also equipped to deal with all repairs except the very heaviest. Each locomotive is lovingly maintained by its own crew and friendly rivalry between crews ensures that the standard is high. Heavy overhauls are now no problem either; these are carried out by the NWR Works at Crovan's Gate.

Godred's remains were stored here after his fatal accident. Lord Harry got in trouble with Mr Walter Richards here. Lord Harry was also thanked here by the Rock Climbers after he rescued them during a gale on Culdee Fell mountain and was renamed Patrick after one of them.
Ulfstead Castle

**Ulfstead Castle** is an ancient medieval fortress and the seat of the Earl of Sodor. It is on the estate of Sir Norramby. The Estate Railway runs around the grounds. It is often used as an event venue, and a place where engines retire.

## History:

The name derives from Ulf who came to Sodor in 1067. As Thorkell's trusted lieutenant, Ogmund gave him charge of this strong point which guards the approach to Peel Godred. He had built a castle here by 1070. Ulf boasted that he would hold it against all comers till the lake ran dry. He was a jovial man with a perpetual thirst. His thirst was really for ale; but his men, in jest, called the lake Chybbyr Ulf - Ulf's Well - and the name stuck.

Ulf's castle defied all efforts of the Scots to take it, till their expulsion in 1078. During the Resistance Period (1263-1404), when Sudrians under their Regents repelled all efforts of successive Lords of Man to take over their Island, Ulfstead Castle was many times besieged but never taken. When however in 1404 King Henry IV assisted Sudrians in expelling the Percys, Sir Arnold de Normanby the last Regent, ceded the castle to the King. Henry restored it to Sir Arnold and at the same time created him Earl of Sodor and Governor of the Island.

The castle was held for the King throughout the Great Rebellion and the Protectorate. As in the case of Peel Godred, the outworks were so well sited that Roundheads could never get their artillery properly within range. At the Restoration, the Earl abandoned the castle and built himself a mansion in the grounds. The Earldom was extinguished by Attainder in 1715; but on the conclusion of his first term of office as Governor in 1873, Her Majesty Queen Victoria responded to popular opinion, and restored to John Arnold Norramby the Earldom of Sodor and the estates of Ulfstead Castle of which his ancestor had been deprived, and which had, in consequence, reverted to the Crown.
Kirk Machan

**Kirk Machan** (Sudric for **Machan's Church**) is a village at the very foot of Culdee Fell. It is also the terminus for the Culdee Fell Railway.

## History:

St. Machan came over from Ireland in the later half of the 6th Century. He was of a solitary turn of mind and lived alone in a cave on the mountain. Nevertheless he became a legendary figure and people came to him from far and near. Even after his death his cave remained a place of pilgrimage and it is still something of a national shrine.

A church dedicated to him was built at the foot of the mountain in the 11th Century, on the foundations of one still older and a hospice for pilgrims was erected nearby in the 12th Century, staffed by brothers from Cronk Abbey. A village grew up around them. The hospice is now a hotel, but the proprietor is glad to show the oldest parts of his premises to interested visitors and explain their former use.

The station at Kirk Machan is the property and headquarters of the Culdee Fell Railway and was opened in 1900. It is in the form of a square-based 'U', but the outer face of the arrival platform has, since 1923, been rented by the North Western Railway for the use of their branch line trains. The Booking Office, Waiting and Refreshment Rooms occupy the base of the 'U'. The Mountain Railway trains use the inside faces of both platforms with departures from the western one and arrivals at the eastern. Between these two roads, a siding has been laid to allow a relief train to stand by. The mountain railway closes down from Michaelmas to Easter and the station is then unstaffed; but a staff of at least six are needed to cope with the traffic on both railways during the Summer. The NWR has laid in a passing loop which is pressed into service at busy times. On its way northward the Branch has to swing eastward to avoid the mountain railway’s workshops.

The king points are a short distance north of the station and are controlled from a ground frame on the Up platform. The main, or mountain line, goes straight ahead while that to the Yard swings right to the Carriage Shed, Engine Shed and Workshops.

Traffic exchange of light goods and parcels is normally done at the passenger platform, but an exchange siding has also been provided north of the mountain railway’s Works. Here the 2‘7 ½” gauge rails lie alongside a siding from the NWR branch so that locomotives and other weighty equipment can be transferred conveniently.
Mackindale

Mackindale is a GWR 14xx who works on The Island of Sodor.

## Technical Details:

Mackindale is based on a Great Western Railway (GWR) 14xx Class 0-4-2T. These engines were fitted with a mechanical system allowing the driver to control the locomotive remotely from the cab of an 'Autocoach', such as Isabel. They were originally assigned numbers in the 48xx series but were renumbered into the 14xx series in 1946.
Whiff

**Whiff** is a green tank engine! He was the pilot at Barrow until 1906! He was the Sodor and Mainland Railway's No.4

## Personality:

Whiff is cheerful and optimistic. He enjoys his job of shunting. He either does not seem to care what the other engines think about him or is oblivious to their opinions. Despite that, he is friendly and always does his job well at the Barrow. He is somewhat naive, as he did not realise why the other engines tried to avoid him so much. However, in Misty Island Rescue, he is shown to know a bit about Sudrian history, since he knew about the tunnel connecting Misty Island to Sodor.

According to Whiff's television series designer, Whiff can also be described as "nerdy".

## Technical Details:

Whiff is based on the North Eastern Railway's 2-2-4T No. 66, named "Aerolite". Aerolite was built in 1869 to replace a destroyed Kitson locomotive of the same name and to haul the Mechanical Engineer's saloon coach, which is also preserved on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. It was rebuilt extensively several times during its career. It was classified X1 by the LNER in 1923 and was retired in 1933, being preserved at York the following year. It can be found today at the National Railway Museum in York.
The East Tidmouth Branchline

The **East Tidmouth** Branchline is the Branch based at East Tidmouth, formerly ran by the Tidmouth, Knapford, and Elsbridge Light Railway.

## Stations:

* East Tidmouth
* Hollingdale
* Beckerdale
* Perthing

## Route:

East Tidmouth runs to Perthing. It operates a harbour. The East Tidmouth Branchline has 2 roundhouses: East Tidmouth Roundhouse and Old Tidmouth Sheds.

## Trivia:

* The Trainz route used is the RWS Little Western which The Little Western uses as well.
Tidmouth Tunnel

**Tidmouth Tunnel**, also known as **the Castle Tunnel**, is a tunnel near Tidmouth. A duck pond is located next to the tunnel.

## History:

Tidmouth Tunnel was bored in 1916, when the branch line to Arlesburgh was constructed as part of a government order. Like the rest of the line, the tunnel is double-tracked and thus only has one bore. Little else is currently known about the tunnel, as it does not appear in materials outside of maps of Sodor.
Lindsay

Lindsay is a L&Y Class 28 who runs the Peel Godred Branchline, with Caleb, Wallace, Marc, Lee and Queen Alexandra.

## Model Used:

Lindsay's model is James from Brighton Light 3D

## Technical Details:

Lindsay is based on the Lancaster & Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) Class 28 0-6-0 locomotive. Designed by George Hughes, The class was a rebuilt version of the L&YR's Class 27, with included the addition Belpaire firebox, and extended footplate and front sandboxes, larger cylinders, and a superheater. 63 of the Class 27's were rebuilt between 1909 and 1912, with an additional 20 being built new around the same time at the L&YR's Horwich Works, near Bolton. These locomotives were briefly under the ownership of the London & North Western Railway (Presumably because of a merger), in 1922, before becoming part of the London, Midland, and Scottish Railway (LMS) following the Big 4 Grouping of 1923. Withdrawls began as early as 1936, with only 35 members of the class moving into BR ownership. The last members were withdrawn in 1957, with none of them surviving into preservation. However, One of the Class 27's #1300 (LMS #12322/BR 52322) Managed to survive into preservation. It is under the ownership of Andy Booth, and is based at the Ribble Steam Railway, though it's currently on loan to the East Lancashire Railway.

Lindsay shares a very major difference compared to her basis: Instead of being an 0-6-0 like the prototype, she is instead a 2-6-0 Mogul. Some other notable differences include the addition of a Fowler Tender, and the lack of sandboxes on the front splashers.

James, Eagle, Brad and Tony are another member of this class!
Lady

## Amelia

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**Amelia**, formerly known as **Lady**, is a tank engine who works on the North Western Railway!

## Personality:

Lady is friendly and kind, sometimes cheeky to the engines. Even though she got Mavis into a serious accident, she is still kind and helps all engines. She is also very flirty and loving towards Arthur when they become a couple and is very suspicious if she sees other female engines happy around him, leading her to be jealous as shown with Molly when they had a small pep talk about him!

## Model used:

The Sodor Workshops RWS Lady is used! then the VTC RWS Lady

## Technical Details:

Lady is an LBSC Tich 0-4-0 side tank locomotive. W&S No.4 and Agatha are based off this basis!
Big Adventures

## Big Adevntures

### Director

Henry's Horror Forest

Big Adventures is the 6th episode of The Start of Sodor Series

## Characters:

* Thomas
* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy

### Characters introduced:

* Toby
* Nia
* Rebecca
* Hiro
* Raul

## Locations:

* Sodor
* UK
* Africa
* USA
	+ Nevada
* Japan
* Brazil
* Australia
* France
* Germany

## Trivia:

* Thomas will be absent for 3 episodes on Sodor!
* The episode will be based off the Big Adventures episodes (S22-S24)
Lexi

Lexi is a cab forward steam engine who works on the North Western Railway

## Personality:

Lexi is an eager and excitable engine. She is proud of being experimental and 'cab-forward'- even though she is convinced this makes her an un-useful engine.

Lexi is upbeat, cheery and outgoing, and likes to experiment with how she presents herself, often trying out different voices and how she phrases her expressions just to see which one she thinks works best. Lexi is not always confident she gets things right, but she loves the excitement of anything new, is very sociable, and keen to explore new things.

## Technical Details:

Lexi is based on the North Pacific Coast Railroad (NPCRR) Cab-Forward 4-4-0 No. 21 "Thomas-Stetson", a rebuild of NPCRR #5 which had been wrecked in 1897. An innovative engine built by Bill Thomas, it is considered the first cab-forward engine and was one of the first oil burners, as well as the first engine to use a marine boiler. The engine had insufficient adhesion weight and its oil burners were prone to damage due to their proximity to its water tubes, and it was unpopular with crews, and its unusual appearance earned it the nickname "The Freak". #21 was scrapped in 1905.
Reginald

Reginald is a LMS Patriot Class!

## Model used:

The model used will be the WildNorWester 2D model!

## Technical Details:

The first two were rebuilt in 1930 from the 1912-built LNWR Large Claughton Class, retaining the original driving wheels with their large bosses, the "double radial" bogie truck and some other parts. Of the subsequent 50 locomotives of the class 40 were nominal rebuilds of Claughtons, being in fact new builds classified as rebuilt engines so that they could be charged to revenue accounts, rather than capital. The last ten were classified as new builds.

The two former Claughtons retained their original numbers until 1934, when they were renumbered 5500–1. The 40 built as replacements took the numbers of the Claughtons that they replaced; these were renumbered 5502–41 in 1934. The remainder of the class were allocated nos. 6030–9, but were numbered 5542–51 from new. The numbering of the similar LMS Jubilee Class continued on from where the Patriots left off. This was because 5552–5556 were ordered as Patriots (to be numbered 6040–4) but built with taper boilers as Jubilees on the orders of Sir William Stanier.

Naming of the class was somewhat erratic. Some retained old Claughton names, whilst others continued the military associations of the names *Patriot* and *St Dunstans*, and 13 carried names of holiday resorts served by the LMS. Seven remained unnamed, although they had been allocated names in 1943.

Between 1946 and 1949 eighteen were rebuilt with Stanier 2A boiler, cab and tender, though again these were largely paper rebuilds, based on the LMS Rebuilt Royal Scot Class. Seven (Nos 5514/21/6/9-31/40) had been rebuilt by the start of 1948 when British Railways inherited the remaining 45 Baby Scots. In March 1948 BR added 40000 to their numbers to number them 45500–13/15-20/2-5/7/8/32-9/41-51. Subsequently, BR rebuilt another 11, so that the rebuilt engines were (4)5512/14/21–23/25–32/34–36/45. The two original members of the class, and the first ten of the nominal rebuilds, were not rebuilt due to their non-standard parts!
Nia

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**Nia** is an orange tank engine from Kenya!

## Technical Details:

Nia is based on a Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) ED1 class, a class of 2-6-2 tank locomotive built by Vulcan Foundry for the Kenya-Uganda Railway between 1926 and 1930. Primarily used for shunting duties, they were also used to haul branch line trains. They were later operated by the East African Railways and were reclassified as part of the EAR 11 class. One member of this class, No. 327, has been preserved at the Nairobi Railway Museum in Nairobi, Kenya.

Nia has been modified in order to work on British railways. Whereas her original basis was metre gauge, Nia is standard gauge and she has been given buffers and screwlink couplings in order to work with the other engines.
Tidmouth Harbour

Tidmouth Harbour is the main and one of the largest ports on Sodor, located at Tidmouth. It is served by the North Western Railway.

## History:

Tidmouth Harbour is deep, well-sheltered, and has been known for centuries as a safe place in which to take refuge during storms. Up until the late nineteenth century, the harbour was mostly used by smugglers who alternated as fishermen. The harbour's rise as a major commercial port was mainly due to the drainage system installed by A. W. Dry and Company.

By 1905, the Ulfstead Mining Company had become dissatisfied with Knapford as a port and adopted A. W. Dry's suggestion of extending their tramway along the coastal road to Tidmouth. A. W. Dry and Company, however, faced considerable opposition when wishing to use the harbour as a base. Boat building was among their various activities and they had produced a new design of fishing boat which fortunately found favour with the working men of Tidmouth. This resulted in an amicable arrangement. Supplies and equipment for the drainage project could then be brought in by sea via the harbour.

It was not until the formation of the double-tracked North Western Railway in 1906, the very next year, connecting Tidmouth at last with the outside world, that the harbour's potential was realised and its development could really begin. The port's growth was phenomenal, turning Tidmouth into the Island's commercial capital. During the 1950s and 60s, the port was heavily congested, which resulted in Sir Charles Topham Hatt II redeveloping the harbours at Knapford and Arlesburgh to relieve and supplement Tidmouth.

Tidmouth Harbour is also a major fishing port, with the fishermen of Tidmouth having developed a special kippering process. Since 1935, the Flying Kipper has departed from there nightly to deliver fish across the Island and to the Mainland.
Gordon

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Gordon is a Big Blue Tender Engine. He is the No. 4 of the North Western Railway! He resides at Tidmouth Sheds with Emily, James, Alfred, Rebecca, Neville, Alice, Bear, Patrick and Hurricane!

## Model Used:

### Former:

* Tangy Gordon
* TidmouthYard3D Gordon
* CrosbyTrainzWorks Gordon

## Technical Details:

Gordon is based on the LNER's A1/A3 Class of 4-6-2 Pacifics. Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley for express passenger work on the Great Northern Railway (a predecessor to the LNER prior to the Big 4 Grouping of 1923), and were based off of the Pennsylvania Railroad's K4 Class of 4-6-2 Pacifics (Though they lacked the Belpaire Firebox, instead having a more traditional roundtop one). A total of 79 locomotives (52 A1's and 27 A3's) were constructed, with the majority constructed at the LNER's works in Doncaster, though 20 of them were built at the North British Locomotive Co. in Glasgow, Scotland. Almost all of the A1's were rebuilt to A3 Specifications between 1928 and 1949. The Class lasted until 1966, when the last member, 60052, "Prince Palatine" was withdrawn by BR. Only one LNER Pacific survived into preservation, #4472, "Flying Scotsman", who was the very first to officially travel 100 MPH.

Like most of the Thomas Characters, Gordon has a few differences compared to his basis, including a larger boiler, the addition of a Fowler tender, and the use of either ovular or square buffers as opposed to circular buffers.
Ballahoo

## Norramby

**Ballahoo** (Sudric for **The Farm on the River Hoo**) is a dormitory town for Barrow-in-Furness. It is located on the Norramby Branchline.

## History:

Ballahoo is notable for its two-bore railway tunnel. The first attempt at cutting a tunnel through the Ballahoo Ridge was made by the Sodor and Mainland Railway, which collapsed due to a construction error, resulting in trains only running between here and Kirk Ronan.

The second tunnel was cut in 1915 by the North Western Railway. While work was in progress a section midway collapsed leaving two tunnels. In 1922, Henry stopped in the first tunnel and refused to come out. As it was impossible to move him, it was decided to instead cut a new bore. When Henry was finally let out the following year, both bores remained in service. As a result of these events, the tunnels were nicknamed "Henry's Tunnel".

Since 1915, the town has been served by the NWR's Norramby Branch Line. Following the 1925 Agreement with the LMS.
Bloom Chord the Melodious Sprite

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Lower Knapford Harbour

## Lower Knapford

**Lower Knapford Harbour** is a small port located in Lower Knapford. It is served by the Harbour Line of Thomas' Branch Line.

## History:

Knapford Harbour began as a wharf around 1885, connected to another wharf at Elsbridge by the lightly built, horse worked Knapford and Elsbridge Railway. It initially served as a base for A.W. Dry's drainage operations in the area, but eventually proved a disappointment. It needed constant dredging and by 1905 the cost had become prohibitive. They abandoned it and extended the line along A. W. Dry's road to Tidmouth to use the port there. From then until 1956, the harbour remained little used.
Theo

**Theo** is a shy experimental railway traction engine

## Personality:

Theo is very shy, extremely cautious and highly awkward. He has an unusual, experimental drive system that does not always function the way it should. He finds it particularly difficult when going in reverse. This only undermines Theo's confidence and he firmly believes he cannot do anything, although this is not entirely true. Theo is quiet and thoughtful, but when he speaks, he is usually direct, to the point and sometimes blunt. He speaks his mind and is usually a pessimist of thoughts, but Theo is kind and generally caring. He would just like to keep to himself and his friends as safe as possible so they can hide away and have a quiet life.

## Technical Details:

Theo appears to be mainly based on an Aveling & Porter TJ class locomotive, like Fergus, albeit with heavy modifications. Unlike a standard TJ class, Theo has a cab, which may have been inspired by Aveling & Porter's Sir Vincent. He also has an experimental gear drive system on his right side, with a similar setup to that of the Coalbrookdale Locomotive. This system drives both sets of wheels using one large cog, giving him an 0-4-0 arrangement rather than the standard 2-2-0. Because they are both driven by one large cog, his front wheels rotate faster than his rear wheels, causing his gear system to jam frequently. His fly wheel may also have been inspired by Aveling & Porter's No. 807.
Ffarquhar sheds

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Ffarquhar sheds is the sheds stationed at Ffarquhar!

## History:

Ffarquhar Sheds began as a red-brick single road shed built for Thomas when he was rewarded with the branch line in 1925. When the Fat Controller bought Toby, Henrietta and Elsie from East Anglia to Sodor in 1951, a new white-stoned shed was added on. The shed remained so until Percy left Tidmouth to work at the harbour in 1956 when the white-stoned shed was given another line.

The Carriage Shed is located right next to the engine shed. Shortly after Daisy arrived, Toby was moved to Knapford Sheds, to take workmen from there to work every morning, but Toby still stays in this shed from time to time during the day.