Timeline

This is the timeline of The Railway Series.

## 1853

* The Sodor and Mainland Railway is formed.

## 1864

* Skarloey and Talyllyn are built.
* Albert Regaby is born.

## 1865

* Rheneas is built and comes to Sodor.
* Talyllyn comes to Wales.
* Skarloey comes to Sodor.
* Agnes, Ruth, Lucy, Jemima and Beatrice are built.
* Crovan's Gate is opened.
* The Talyllyn Railway is opened.

## 1872

* Albert and Fenchurch are built with Albert being built for the Furness Railway.

## 1875

* The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway is opened.
* Stepney is built.

## 1878

* Sir Haydn and Coronel Church are built with Sir Haydn being built for the Corris Railway.

## 1880

* Duke comes to Sodor.
* Cromford and Boxhill are built.
* The Mid Sodor Railway is opened.
* Sir Topham Hatt I is born

## 1882

* Victoria and Helena are built for the Furness Railway.
* Barrow-in-Furness is built.
* The Bluebell Railway opens.

## 1885

* Adams and Cora are built with Cora being built for the Mid Sodor Railway.

## 1896

* The Snowdon Mountain Railway is opened.
* L.A.D.A.S is scrapped after falling.
* Edward, Snowdon and Moel Siabod are built with Snowdon and Moel Siabod being built for the Snowdon Mountain Railway.

## 1898

* Birch Grove and the Saloon Coaches are built with the Saloon Coaches being built for the Skarloey Railway and come to Sodor.

## 1899

* 828 and the Mine Engine are built with the Mine Engine being built for the Mid Sodor Railway.

## 1900

* The Culdee Fell Railway is opened.
* Godred, Ernest, Wilfred, Culdee, Shane Dooniey, Catherine and The "Trucks" are built for the Culdee Fell Railway and come to Sodor.
* Godred is scrapped after falling.

## 1903

* Kevin Volley is born.
* City of Truro is built.

## 1904

* Albert and Sir Handel are built for the Mid Sodor Railway with Sir Handel being built as Falcon and comes to Sodor .

## 1914

* Toby is built.
* World War I beings.

## 1915

* Thomas is built by the LBSC as number 105 and comes to Sodor after working with his brothers numbered 100 to 106 and meets Eagle, Clive, Matthew, Neil, Wallace, Colin, Adam and Lily.
* Edward comes to Sodor.
* The North Western Railway is formed.
* Ballahoo Tunnel opens.

## 1918

* Douglas is built.
* World War I ends.

## 1919

* Henry and Gerry are built with Gerry being built for the Mid Sodor Railway.

## 1920

* Peter Sam is built as Stuart and comes to the Mid Sodor Railway.

## 1922

* Henry comes to Sodor.
* Padarn is built for the Snowdon Mountain Railway.
* Henry gets stuck in a tunnel.

## 1923

* Gordon comes to Sodor.
* 98462 and 87546 visit to Sodor and are sent back home.
* 8783, Rex, River Esk, Flying Scotsman, Ralph and Eryri are built with Ralph and Eryri being built for the Snowdon Mountain Railway.

## 1924

* Jinty and Lemburg are built.
* Thomas takes Henry's train but leaves the coaches behind.
* Albert is withdrawn and scrapped.
* Henry begins to present problems.

## 1925

* Thomas takes Edward's trucks to Wellsworth.
* James arrives to Sodor.
* Pretty Polly is built.
* Thomas saves James and is given a branch line and coaches while James gets red paint.

## 1926

* Caroline and S.C. Ruffey are built.
* Percy arrives on Sodor to help Thomas and Edward.

## 1927

* Trevor is built.
* Vicarstown Sheds is closed.

## 1929

* Perkins and Duck are built with Perkins being built for the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway.
* Duck meets King James I at Paddington Station.
* The Spiteful Brakevan is built.

## 1930

* The mines at Toyreck close.
* A fire occurred at Crovan's Gate Works, which destroyed the dossiers for Thomas, Edward and Henry.

## 1934

* Big City Engine, Oliver and Terence are built.

## 1935

* Henry is sent to Crewe Works to be rebuilt.
* Bahamas is built and meets Henry.

## 1936

* Green Arrow is built.
* Albert, Jim and Tim are sold and leave the Mid Sodor Railway.

## 1937

* 6430, Judy and The Lancashire Fusilier are built.
* Rheneas is rebuilt a second time.

## 1938

* Mallard is built and breaks the speed record by going 126 mph.

## 1939

* World War II beings.
* Two diesel locomotives are leased to the Skarloey Railway by the War Department to supplement Skarloey and Rheneas on timber and explosives traffic.

## 1940

* Toad and Midlander are built with Midlander being built for the Talyllyn Railway.

## 1941

* Stephen Hatt is born.
* Rusty is built
* Barrow Station is destroyed by the Luftwaffe in the Barrow Blitz.

## 1943

* Rheneas takes over the majority of the workload on the Skarloey Railway.
* Sixteen has an accident at The "Tip"

## 1945

* The First Railway Series book is published.
* The two diesels leased by the War Department leave the Skarloey Railway.

## 1946

* The National Coal Board opens.
* Thomas' first book is published.

## 1948

* Bill and Ben are built and come to Sodor.
* British Railways is formed.

## 1949

* Harold and Tom Rolt are built with Tom Rolt being built for the Talyllyn Railway.

## 1951

* Henrietta, Elise and Toby come to Sodor.

## 1952

* Diesel is built.
* Trevor comes to Sodor.
* Tidmouth sheds is rebuilt.
* Cora is bought by the Skarloey Railway.

## 1953

* Wilbert, Alfred and Mark V are built with Mark V being built for the Skarloey Railway.
* Nancy is born.
* A television adaptation of The Railway Series is attempted, but fails.

## 1955

* Ada is built.
* Duck comes to Sodor in the summer.
* Gertrude and Millicent are bought by the Skarloey Railway.
* Toby's last remaining brothers are withdrawn from service and scrapped.

## 1956

* Jane is built.
* Jinty and Pug visit Sodor, while the engines of the North Western Railway visit London.
* Percy is pushed into the sea.
* Big City Engine visits Sodor and goes to England afterwords.
* Sir Topham Hatt I dies.

## 1957

* Rusty is built and comes to Sodor.
* Diesel comes to Sodor and is sent home afterwords.
* Mabel is built and comes to Sodor with Ada and Jane.

## 1958

* BoCo, D5701 and CoBo are built.
* 8783 is withdrawn.
* Duncan comes to Sodor

## 1959

* 31120, D5501 and 10751 are built.
* 8783 is scrapped.
* Donald and Douglas arrive on Sodor.

## 1960

* Class 52, Old Stuck-Up, Bowler and D282 are built.
* Daisy is built and comes to Sodor.
* Royal Anchor is built for the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway.

## 1962

* Patrick, Alaric, Eric and Mavis are built and come to Sodor with Patrick, Alaric and Eric being built for the Culdee Fell Railway.
* Stepney and Class 40 visit Sodor with Class 40 being sent home afterwords.

## 1964

* Bear and The Works Diesel are built.
* Skarloey's 100th birthday.
* King James I is scrapped.

## 1965

* Shane Dooiney comes home.
* BoCo comes to Sodor
* Rheneas' 100th birthday.

## 1966

* Mike and River Mite are built.
* Gordon's last remaining brothers are withdrawn from service and scrapped.
* Blisters I and II come to Sodor.

## 1967

* Frank is built.
* The Arslesdale Railway is opened.
* Mike comes to Sodor.
* D199 and Bear come to Sodor with D199 being sent home afterwords.
* Oliver, Isabel and Toad are rescued from Barrow-In-Furness and come to Sodor.

## 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.

## 1969

* D5701 is scrapped.
* Sigrid of Arlesdale and Shelagh of Eskdale are built with Shelagh of Eskdale being built for the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway.

## 1975

* Pip and Emma are built.
* Stepney's 100th birthday.
* Bloomer visits Shildon to take part in a cavalcade for the 150th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

## 1976

* Jock and Northern Rock are built.
* Jock arrives on Sodor.

## 1978

* Thomas saves the Ffarquhar Stationmaster's stolen car.

## 1979

* Thomas, Duck and Percy takes the express to Crovan's Gate.

## 1982

* Old Stuck Up visits Sodor and sent home afterwords.
* Sir Handel is sent to the Talyllyn Railway.
* Duke is overhauled.

## 1984

* Sir Handel comes home from the Talyllyn Railway.
* Perkins is rebuilt.

## 1986

* Sir Handel is rebuilt.
* The Refreshment Lady dies.

## 1987

* The National Coal Board closes.
* Mavis nearly hits a lorry.
* Bulstrode becomes a children's playground

## 1988

* Peter Sam goes to the Talyllyn Railway.

## 1989

* Fred is built and put into service on the Skarloey Railway.
* Margaret Awdry dies.

## 1990

* Ralph is scrapped.
* Thomas goes to York Museum.

## 1991

* Hackenbeck Bridge is rebuilt after collapsing.
* Thomas arrives back on Sodor from York.
* 31120 is withdrawn from service.

## 1992

* Eryri is scrapped.
* Henry gets overhauled

## 1994

* 31120 is scrapped.
* Bert's 100th birthday.

## 1996

* Ivo Hugh is built and comes to Sodor.
* Edward's 100th birthday.
* Peter Sam returns to the Skarloey Railway to help with the extra work.

## 2000

* Ernest, Wilfred, Culdee and Shane Dooiney's 100th birthday.
* 100th anniversary of Godred's accident

## 2011

* The final Railway Series book is released.
* Donald and Douglas crash into buffers.
* Ballahoo Tunnel is temporarily out of service after collapsing.
* Gordon is retired from pulling the express so Pip and Emma become the new express engines.

## 2014

* Toby's 100th birthday.
* Stepney is withdrawn from service
* The North Western Railway celebrates its 100th anniversary.

## 2015

* Thomas' 100th birthday.
* The 70th anniversary of The Railway Series.
* The North Western Railway celebrates 100 years of service.

## 2017

* The Arlesdale Railway celebrates its 50th anniversary.

## 2020

* Peter Sam's 100th birthday.
* Stepney's 145th birthday.
* The 75th anniversary of The Railway Series.

## 2021

* Edward Thomas' 100th birthday.
* The North Western Railway celebrates the Reverend W. Awdry's 110th birthday.
* Gordon's 100th birthday.