Timeline

This is a **timeline** chronicling major events of Tales From Sodor's Railways. **Note: For the events that are not cannon to the series here's the Non Cannon Timeline.**

# 1800s and earlier

## 1510

* Captain Calles hides his ship and treasure underneath what is now Arlesbrugh.

## 1806

* Plateway from Ward Fell to Balladwail is built.

## 1810

* Plateway from Ward Fell to Balladwail is closed and torn up.

## 1829

* Stephenson's Rocket is built.
* Stephen is built as the first non-faceless vehicle.
* Novelty is built.
* Sans Pareil is built.

## 1853

* The Act to build the Sodor and Mainland Railway is passed.

## 1854

* Henry John Norramby is born.
* Vere Awdry (Reverend W. Awdry's father) is born.

## 1856

* Clive Neil & Mathew are built and arrive on Sodor.

## 1864

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

## 1865

* The Sodor and Mainland Railway reaches Kirk Ronan.
* Skarloey arrives on Sodor and assists the running of the Skarloey Railway.
* Rheneas is built and arrives in time for the BoT inspection and offical opening of the railway in October.
* Agnes, Ruth, Lucy, Jemima and Beatrice are built for the Skarloey Railway.

## 1866

* Dolgoch is built.
* Smudger is built.
* Skarloey has trailing wheels added to improve stability and has a cab installed.

## 1870

* The Wellsworth and Suddery Railway is opened.
* The people of Peel Godred plan for a railway to be built.
* Colin arrives on Sodor.

## 1872

* Albert is built
* The Mid Sodor Railway Company is formed.

## 1875

* Stepney is built.
* Sir Handel Brown I is born.

## 1878

* Timothy(Ghost Engine) is built.
* Proteus & Albert are built.

## 1879

* Duke is built.
* Samson is shipped to Sodor.

## 1880

* Duke is shipped to Sodor.
* The Mid Sodor Railway is opened.
* Sir Topham Hatt I is born.
* Boxhill is built.
* Cromford is built.
* Timothy(Ghost Engine) is shipped to Sodor.
* Sharon is built.
* The Misty Island Railroad is opened.
* Stone & Co is founded.

## 1881

* Robert Sam, father of Mr. Peter Sam is born.
* Smudger is shipped to Sodor.
* Bertram is shipped to Sodor.

## 1882

* Victoria and Helena are built for the Furness Railway.
* Proteus is shipped to Sodor.

## 1883

* Charles Henry Norramby is born.
* The Elsbridge & Knapford Railway is formed.
* Old Slow Coach is built.
* John is shipped to Sodor.

## 1884

* Henrietta is built.
* Albert is shipped to Sodor.

## 1885

* Adams is built.
* Cora is built for the Mid Sodor Railway.
* Lily and Adam arrives on Sodor.

## 1886

* Frederick Regaby dies; Albert Regaby succeeds to his Barony.

## 1891

* Albert is rebuilt.
* Billy & Charlie are built and arrive on Sodor.

## 1892

* Gear and Dixon are built.
* Sodor Tramways is built.

## 1894

* John Arnold Norramby dies.
* Bert is possibly built this year.
* Topham Hatt is apprenticed at Swindon Works.
* Timothy is built.

## 1895

* Emily is built and arrive on Sodor.
* Number 2  is built.
* Mighty Mac is built.

## 1896

* Edward is built.
* Will arrives on Sodor.

## 1897

* Construction on the Culdee Fell Railway begins.

## 1899

* Marie is built and is shipped to Sodor.

## 1900

* Godred, Ernest, Wilfred, Culdee and Shane Dooiney are built and arrive on Sodor.
* The Culdee Fell Railway is opened.
* Godred is scrapped after a fall.

# 20th Century

## 1901

* The Culdee Fell Railway is re-opened after receiving further maintenance following the events of Godred's accident.
* Sir Topham Hatt comes to Sodor.
* Lady is built.
* Harvey is built.
* The Sodor And Mainland Railway is closed.
* Neil was bought by the Crovan's Gate Mining Co.
* Clive and Matthew are bought by a unnamed Quarry Railway on the Mainland.
* Samson is sold to the Great Wateron Mine.
* Timothy Will and Emily are bought by the Wellsworth And Suddery Railway.

## 1902

* Z.B and Zach are built and arrive on the Misty Island Railroad.
* Hurricane is built.

## 1903

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

## 1904

* City of Truro becomes one of the first engines to reach 100mph.
* Falcon is built and arrives on Sodor to replace Albert.
* Albert is scrapped.
* Molly is built.
* Alice is built.
* Flora is built and is shipped to Sodor to work on Sodor Tramways.

## 1905

* The Elsbridge & Knapford Railway is extended to Tidmouth along a coastal road.
* Glynn S.T Tibs Rowan & Bean are built at A.W.Dry & Co's works by Mr. Topham Hatt.

## 1906

* The Refreshment Lady is born.
* Tidmouth becomes the first town in Sodor to be lit by electricity.
* Freddie is built & arrives to Sodor.
* Judy And Jerome are built.

## 1907

* The Springs of Great Waterton Dry Up and all the people leave the town, leaving it abandoned.
* Sodor Tramways is located to Ulfstead.

## 1908

* The line from Knapford to Tidmouth along the coast was destroyed by a strong autumn gale.
* Using a treasury loan, A.W.Dry & Co put unemployed miners to work cutting a tunnel through a ridge to Tidmouth.
* The Elsbridge & Knapford Railway reformed to become to Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Light Railway.
* Timothy is built.

## 1909

* Donald and Douglas are built.
* Alfredton is built and arrives on Sodor.
* Kirean is built and arrives on Sodor.

## 1910

* Bluebell and Primrose are built.
* The Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Light Railway is opened.
* Sir Topham Hatt marries Jane Brown.
* Alfredton was accidentally scrapped after failen into the smelting pit.
* Herman is built.

## 1911

* 15th June: The Reverend W. Awdry is born.
* Barbara Jane, daughter of Sir Topham Hatt, is born.
* Molly is built.
* Millie is built.
* Marion is built.
* Alfred and Benson are built.

## 1912

* James and Eagle are built.
* Mickey is built.
* Stepney is rebuilt.
* The Tidmouth, Wellsworth and Suddery Railway is formed from the Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Railway and the Wellsworth and Suddery Railway.
* Margaret Emily Wale Awdry is born.
* Dustin is built.

## 1913

* Boxhill is restored.
* Luke is built.

## 1914

* Timothy(Ghost Engine) is scrapped after a tragic accident.
* The North Western Railway is formed from the Sodor and Mainland Railway and the Tidmouth, Wellsworth and Suddery Railway.
* Sir Topham Hatt is appointed as the controller of the North Western Railway.
* The Great Waterton Mine is closed.
* Eagle arrives on Sodor.
* Number 2 arrives on Sodor.
* Sir Charles Topham Hatt is born.
* Toby is built.
* Spike arrives on Sodor.
* World War I begins.
* Edward arrives on Sodor.
* O.J is built.

## 1915

* The North Western Railway is built.
* Albert Regaby becomes chairman of the North Western Railway.
* Thomas is built by the Gullane Thomas Works Ltd.
* Thomas and Luke arrives on Sodor.
* The Ballahoo tunnel is built.
* The workshops at Crovan's Gate are established.
* The North Western Railways' Motive Power Depot and Administrative Headquarters at Vicarstown are built.
* The bridge over the Walney Channel is built.
* Mr. Peter Sam is born.
* Henry John Norramby dies.
* Kevin Volley joins the North Western Railway as a lad/porter at Knapford.
* Herman is bought for the L&YR.
* *Edward gives Charles Hatt a ride in an open-topped coach.*

## 1916

* The Tidmouth-Arlesburgh branch is built.
* 10th August: George Edward Vere Awdry is born.
* Tiger Moth is built.
* Sharon broke down and abandoned and the Misty Island Railroad is closed.
* Pupert arrives on Sodor.
* Ten Cents is built.

## 1917

* Smudger is turned into a Generator.
* Stanley is built & arrives on Sodor to replace Smudger.
* Number 2 is scrapped.
* Sodor Tramways is closed down. All of it's engines were scrapped while Spike was sent back to the Mainland while Flora is sold.
* Stafford is built.

## 1918

* Robert Charles is born.
* World War I ends.

## 1919

* Henry is built.
* Big Mickey is built.
* Gerry is built and arrives on Sodor.
* The Vicarstown Railway Museum is built and buys Emily.

## 1920

* Stuart is built, for work on the Mid Sodor Railway.
* Building begins on Gordon at Doncaster.
* The Vicar of Wellsworth, Charles Laxey is born.
* Sir Handel Brown marries Dorothy Lloyd.
* Thomas is officially sold to the North Western Railway.
* 16th April: Alan Pegler is born.
* Ted is built.
* Ryan is built.

## 1921

* Edward is officially sold to the North Western Railway.
* Mr. Ivo Hugh is born.
* Kevin Volley is promoted to porter.
* Jim arrives on Sodor.
* Albert is rebuilt as Fletcher.

## 1922

* Gordon is built.
* Henry arrives on Sodor.
* 98462 and Cecil/87546 arrives on Sodor.
* Luke(Narrow Gauge) is built.
* Tim Atlas and Alfred arrive on Sodor.

## 1923

* Flying Scotsman is built.
* Gordon arrives on Sodor.
* A second bore is cut for the Ballahoo tunnel after Henry stops in the original.
* The Peel Godred Branch Line is built.
* Stafford arrives on Sodor to run the Peel Godred Branch Line.
* The Peel Godred Power Company and the North Western Railway planned to build a new branch line.
* 98462 is blown up in a heroic sacrifice during the muntitions incident at Tidmouth Harbour.
* Cecil is sent packing.
* Rex is built.
* Jim is bought by a Sand Quarry on the Mainland.
* James arrives on Sodor.
* James is given a red coat of paint.
* Thomas' Branch Line is extended to Ffarquhar.
* Mickey arrives on Sodor after James' accident.

## 1924

* 20th August: The Reverend Teddy Boston is born.
* Sir Handel Lloyd Brown II is born.
* Burnett Stone is born.

## 1925

* The NWR/LMS agreement.
* The North Western Railway starts running to Barrow-in-Furness.
* The Crovan's Gate Works are expanded.
* The Toryreck mines begin to decline.
* Tasha arrives on Sodor.

## 1926

* The Sodor Aluminium Company is formed.
* Freddie Atlas & Alfred were bought by The Sodor Aluminium Company.
* 21st April: Queen Elizabeth II is born.
* Caroline is built.
* The Sodor Cement Works is formed.
* Fergus is built and arrives on Sodor.
* Nia is built.

## 1927

* Kevin Volley becomes booking clerk of Elsbridge.
* The road bridge crossing River Els at Elsbridge is widened to accommodate more traffic.
* Trevor is built.
* Marklin & Puffa are built.
* The events of TUGS happened.
* The Star Tugs gain their newest member, a little switcher named Sunshine.
* Sea Rouge's Uncle is let free
* July 4. Grampus is nearly blown up but is purchased by Captain Star
* Caitlin is built.
* Smudger is bought by the Tywyn Dock Railway.

## 1928

* Stanley is turned into a pumping engine.
* Proteus becomes the MSR's new number 2.
* Duncan is built.
* Vere Awdry dies.
* Boomer gets turned into a Beach Hut
* Big Mickey is blown up and gets heavily damaged. He is placed inside a storage shed.
* You Can't Win takes place

## 1929

* Duck is built.
* The Spiteful Brake Van is built.
* The events of the TUGS annual stories happened.
* Proteus is bought by The Skarloey Slate Quarry.
* Proteus goes missing. He falls off a bridge and drowns in the swamp below. He later fell into a legend, and a statue was built of him.
* The Great Depression begins.

## 1930

* **.*A fire at the Crovan’s Gate Works destroys the dossiers for Thomas, Edward, and Henry.***
* *Charles Topham Hatt learns how to drive in Elizabeth*

## 1932

* Blister I and Blister II are built.
* Jennings arrives on Sodor.

## 1933

* Thomas Goes Fishing in the River Els

Terence is built & arrives on Sodor.

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

## 1934

* Oliver is built.
* Albert Regaby steps down from his position as NWR chairman.
* Thomas races Bertie the Bus
* Zach Izzy Huw Bean & Rowan are scrapped.
* Neil is bought by Stone & Co.
* Beattie is bought by the Sheffield Steel Works.
* Henry is sprayed by an Elephant
* James is spun around on the Turntable at Tidmouth Sheds
* Gordon James And Henry go on strike.
* Percy arrives on Sodor.
* Gator is built.

## 1935

* Henry is sent to be rebuilt at Crewe into an LMS Stanier Class 5 following his crash with the Flying Kipper.
* The Isle of Man steamers stop arriving at Arlesburgh, so the traffic to Peel Godred stops too.
* Larry is built & arrives on Sodor to fill in for Henry while he was at Crewe.
* Alfred(B12) visits Sodor to help while Henry is at Crewe.
* Marklin arrives on Sodor.
* Gordon has some Whistle Problems
* Henry sneezes on some Troublesome boys
* Big Mickey arrives on Sodor
* Eric arrives on Sodor.
* Percy crashes into The Fat Director's Baggage Trolley

## 1936

* Green Arrow is built.
* Mr. Fergus Duncan is born.
* Sir Topham Hatt is promoted from General Manager to Managing Director.
* The mountain section of the Mid Sodor Railway is closed.
* The Mid Sodor bogie saloon stock along with John Jernings Tim & Jerry are sold.
* Kevin Volley becomes stationmaster at Ffarquhar.
* Anne has an accident with some trucks and ends up falling into the sea.

## 1937

* Rheneas is overhauled.
* Sir Charles Topham Hatt goes for railway service overseas.

## 1938

* Barbara Jane marries Henry Regaby, Viscount Harwick.
* Mallard and Spencer are built.
* Mallard sets the world speed record for a steam engine of 126mph.
* Duchess of Hamilton is built.

## 1939

* Gordon is rebuilt at Crewe.
* Duchess of Hamilton tours the United States.
* Connor is built.
* Fort Sudrian is built.
* Benson and Barrat arrives on Sodor to administer Fort Sudrian.
* August 31. Toby is not picked to be a Special Attraction at a Seaside Fair.
* World War II begins.
* Sir Charles Topham Hatt returns from railway service overseas to enlist with the Royal Engineers.
* Two diesel locomotives are leased to the Skarloey Railway by the War Department to supplement Skarloey and Rheneas on timber and explosives traffic.

## 1940

* 2nd July: Christopher Awdry is born.
* Sir Charles Topham Hatt marries Amanda, daughter of Mr. Jabez Croarie of Ffarquhar.
* Richard Robert Norramby is born.
* Toad is built.
* Colonell arrives on Sodor.

## 1941

* Rusty is built.
* Sir Stephen Topham Hatt is born.
* Charles Henry dies.
* Veronica Chambers is born.
* Construction on the South West Railway begins.
* Eagle Shamus and the Little Blue Tank Engine leave Sodor to help build it.
* Barrow Station is destroyed by the Luftwaffe in the Barrow Blitz.
* James plays a trick on Thomas into letting him take the express
* Edward Henry Gordon James and Colin are all shipped off to Barrow to rebuild the Station.
* Hiro arrives on Sodor to fill in for Henry during his absence
* 87546 and Alfred return to Sodor to fill in for Edward and James's absence.
* Flying Scotsman Geoffery Samantha and Peckett arrive on Sodor to fill in for Gordon Emily and Colin's absence.
* Britain goes to War with Japan, and as such, new replacement parts for Hiro can't be ordered

## 1942

* Duchess of Hamilton shipped back from the United States.
* Hiro begins to break down and due to the lack of parts, he is left in a siding.
* The Bigg City Dock Railway is closed.
* Puffa & Ted are shipped to the Mainland.
* Neville is built and arrives on Sodor.
* Jaxon arrives on Sodor.

## 1943

* Bridget Amanda Hatt is born.
* Rheneas takes over the majority of the workload on the Skarloey Railway.
* Robert Charles is killed in action while in North Africa.
* Jaxon is killed in a strafing attack by a German FW-190 fighter plane.
* Sixteen disobeys a Danger Sign and falls Cab-Over-Wheels off the tracks. He is placed in a Storage Shed for many years.
* Skarloey gets caught in an avalanche and Rheneas does all the work on the SR for the time being

## 1944

Anne is found restored and is renamed to Margaret.

87546 takes cover in a tunnel while pulling a passenger train to avoid getting bomb, Following this event he becomes a hero.

## 1945

* May 1st: World War 2 ends.
* 12th May:Edward Henry Gordon James and Colin come home, and 87546 Alfred Flying Scotsman and Geoffery return to the Mainland.
* Samantha and Peckett are officially sold to the North Western Railway.
* Colonell returns to The Mainland.
* 12th May The first book of The Railway Series ''The Three Railway Engines'' is published.
* Sir Charles Topham Hatt is demobilised from the Royal Engineers and spends a further period overseas.
* The Mid Sodor Railway mines are closed one by one.
* World War II ends.
* Knapford becomes the main station of the NWR.
* The Motive Power Depot and Administrative Headquarters are moved to Tidmouth.
* Rebecca is built.

## 1946

* The Cas-ny-Hawin mine is flooded.
* Stanley finally breaks down and is later scrapped.
* Hilary Fortnam is born.
* 18th October Thomas The Tank Engine is published.

## 1947

* The Mid Sodor Railway and the Tidmouth-Arlesburgh branch are closed.
* Duke is sheeted and abandoned in a shed.
* Falcon and Stuart are purchased by the aluminium works at Peel Godred for an expansion project.
* Bertram was left inside one of the mines
* Fletcher is bought by a another railway.
* Albert Regaby dies; Henry Regaby succeeds to his Viscountcy.
* Arthur is built.
* Burnett Stone takes over Stone & Co.
* Stone & Co is renamed to Burnett & Co.
* Marklin is bought by The South West Railway.

## 1948

* The North Western Railway becomes officially known as the "North Western Region of British Railways".
* Mr. Roger Sam is born.
* Sir Topham Hatt is created a Baronet on his appointment as Chairman of the Regional Executive, after Nationalisation.
* The claybeds near Brendam are discovered.
* Bill and Ben are built and arrive on Sodor.
* James The Red Engine is published.
* W.P Allen  is built.
* The Peel Godred Garbage Dump is built
* Duck gains his own Branch Line, called the Sunshine Line, along with his own rake of Slip Coaches.

## 1949

* Harold is built.
* The Slate Quarry begins to decline.
* Tank Engine Thomas Again is published.
* Dennis is built.

## 1950

* Sir Handel Brown dies; Handel Lloyd Brown succeeds to his Baronetcy.
* David Hugh II is born.
* Troublesome Engines is published.
* Bradford arrives on Sodor.
* The Quarryman's Coach is built.
* The Ballaswein Tramway is opened

## 1951

* Toby's tramway closes down.
* Toby and Henrietta arrive on Sodor.
* S.T Tibs is withdrawn from service.
* Sir Handel Lloyd Brown marries Rachael Qualtrough.
* David Hugh I retires.
* Beattie arrives on the South West Railway.
* The Star Tugs & Z Stacks move to Sodor.
* Henry The Green Engine is published.

## 1952

* Trevor is sent to be scrapped.
* Trevor is purchased by the Vicar.
* Edward is overhauled.
* Rheneas is overhauled for a second time.
* Stuart and Falcon are purchased by the Skarloey Railway and renamed "Peter Sam" and "Sir Handel" respectively.
* Skarloey is overhauled.
* Cora is purchased for the Skarloey Railway.
* Sir Charles Topham Hatt returns to Sodor, to become Chief Mechanical Engineer at Crovan's Gate and general assistant to his father.
* Diesel Arry Bert Splatter Dodge Paxton Sidney & The Great Railway Show diesels are built.
* Toby The Tram Engine is published.
* The Shining Time Branch Line is built.
* Lady is sent to work on the Shining Time Branch Line leaving Neil to do the work at Burnett and Co.
* The Shining Time Branch Line is opened.
* James is repainted Pink for Sir Topham Hatt's Granddaughter's Birthday

## 1953

* Queen Elizabeth II visits Sodor.
* Nancy is born.
* Wilbert is built.
* The Ministry of Defence approached Sir Handel II to buy the nearly worked out slate quarry.
* A failed TV adaptation of The Railway Series happened.
* Freddie is bought for The Skarloey Railway.
* Gordon The Big Engine is published.
* The Vicarstown Railway Museum buys Alice.

## 1954

* Sir Topham Hatt II becomes the Fat Controller.
* Rebecca Dorothy Brown is born.
* Ballast from the North Western Railway begins to be obtained for the Skarloey Railway.
* Alice, Mirabel, Isabel and Dulcie are built.
* Edward The Blue Engine is published.
* Murdoch is built.

## 1955

* Duck arrives on Sodor.
* Percy is sent to Thomas' Branch Line.
* Edward helps advertise the Vicar's Garden Party
* Great Waterton is found by Thomas and restored in time for Sodor Day.
* Stanley arrives on Sodor.
* Spike is scrapped.
* Edwin arrives on Sodor.
* Mark V is built.
* Gertrude and Millicent are bought by the Skarloey Railway.
* Ada is built for the Skarloey Railway.
* The Railway Series celebrates its 10th anniversary.
* Four Little Engines is published.
* The Other Railway proposes it's Modernization Plan.
* The final of Toby's brothers are withdrawn from service and scrapped.
* Holden is bought by The South West Railway and get's his Cowcatchers repainted Blue.

## 1956

* Big City Engine visits Sodor.
* Jinty and Pug visit Sodor, while the engines of the North Western Railway visit London.
* Sir Topham Hatt I dies; Charles Topham Hatt inherits his father's baronetcy.
* Sir Topham Hatt's Family go on Holiday
* Jane is built for the Skarloey Railway.
* Knapford Junction is moved from south to north of the River Els.
* Kevin Volley becomes stationmaster at Knapford.
* Smudger is bought a railroad in America.
* Percy The Small Engine is published.
* Hank arrives on Sodor.
* Luke and Victor arrive on Sodor
* Luke goes into hiding
* Atlas And Alfred are bought by the Blue Mountain Quarry.
* Kevin arrives on Sodor

## 1957

* City of Truro visits Sodor.
* Gordon loses his dome.
* Diesel visits Sodor.
* Harry arrives on Sodor.
* Mabel is built for the Skarloey Railway.
* Ada, Jane and Mabel arrive on Sodor.
* Rusty arrives on Sodor.
* Mr. Ivo Hugh becomes his driver.
* The Eight Famous Engines is published.

## 1958

* Peter Sam has an accident with some slate trucks at the quarry.
* Duncan arrives on Sodor.
* Skarloey returns from being mended.
* BBC producers make a documentary about the Skarloey Railway.
* Roderick/D5701 and BoCo are built.
* Diesel 10 is built.
* Duck And The Diesel Engine is published.
* The Ballaswein Tramway is closed.
* Sir Topham Hatt & Thomas are invited to Buckingham Palace to recieve an award for his services to the NWR.

## 1959

* Donald and Douglas arrive on Sodor.
* The Spiteful Brake Van is crushed by Douglas and put back together.
* The Thin Controller finds a Mid Sodor Railway bogie coach at Harwick and 8 coaches are rescued.
* Oliver is rebuilt.
* The Little Old Engine is published.
* Dennis arrives on Sodor.

## 1960

* Thomas crashes into the Station Master's house.
* Daisy is built and arrives on Sodor.
* Percy crashes into a brakevan.
* Thomas' running board is straightened.
* Kevin Volley becomes stationmaster at Cronk.
* The Ministry of Defence buys the empty slate quarry and the money is used for the construction of the Lakeside loop line.
* Old Stuck-Up The Diesel and D326 are built.
* The Twin Engines is published.
* April:Gear Dixon & Ferdinand arrive on Sodor.
* The Sodor Logging Co is opened.
* Sharon is found.
* Herman returns to the Misty Island Railroad.
* The Misty Island Railroad is reopened.
* The Bluebell Railway is established and Stepney and Cromford arrive on there after being withdrawn from service.

## 1961

* The Peel Godred EMUs arrive on Sodor.
* Percy carries Nelson the Ballast Tractor
* Peter Sam is given a new Giesl Ejector.
* Sir Handel is given a pair of special wheels with broad tyres.
* Rheneas returns to the Skarloey Railway.
* Puffa & Ted are bought by The NWR.
* Branch Line Engines is published.

## 1962

* Mavis is built and arrives on Sodor.
* Lord Harry, Alaric and Eric arrive on Sodor.
* Stepney visits Sodor.
* The Diesel visits Sodor.
* Gallant Old Engine is published.
* Salty is built.
* Levi is built.
* Norman is built.
* A film adapation of Timothy's accident is aired on BBC.

## 1963

* Culdee returns to the Culdee Fell Railway.
* Lord Harry is renamed "Patrick".
* Flying Scotsman is saved by Alan Pegler.
* The Flying Thistle is bought by the Vicarstown Railway Museum.
* The loop line extension around the lake began to be built.
* D199 is built.
* Stepney The Bluebell Engine is published.
* August 8th: £2.6 million is stolen from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow.
* Jeremy is built.

## 1964

* The Tidmouth-Arlesburgh branch is rebuilt.
* Skarloey's 100th birthday.
* Bear is built.
* Mountain Engines is published.
* Diesel 10 is fitted with Pinchy.

## 1965

* Rheneas' 100th birthday.
* Shane Dooiney returns to the Culdee Fell Railway.
* The one-hundredth anniversary of the Skarloey Railway is celebrated.
* The loop line extension at Lakeside is opened.
* BoCo arrives on Sodor.
* Big City Engine is bought by the Vicarstown Railway Museum.
* The Railway Series celebrates its 20th anniversary.
* Very Old Engines is published.
* Derek is built.
* W.P Allen is scrapped.

## 1966

* The Tidmouth-Arlesburgh branch is renewed around this year.
* Mike is built.
* The Skarloey Railway becomes a Company instead of being in private ownership.
* Main Line Engines is published.
* Thomas and Percy begin taking the Post Train
* Thomas gets Bumped on his Branch Line and he and Percy are relocated.
* Arthur arrives on Sodor.
* Cranky is built and begins working at Brendam Docks.
* Diesel is trialed again but is sent packing after he dumps some China Clay Cars into the Sea
	+ Wendell arrvies on Sodor.
	+ Joey is retired.

## 1967

* Blister I and Blister II arrive on Sodor for the construction of the Arlesdale Railway.
* Bert, Mike and Rex arrive on Sodor to service the Arlesdale Railway.
* Reverend W. Awdry and Reverend Teddy Boston visit Sodor.
* Flying Scotsman visits Sodor.
* D199 arrives on Sodor along with 7101 and is sent back after he fails on the level crossing.
* The Tidmouth-Arlesburgh branch is re-opened, to be serviced by Duck.
* Oliver, Isabel and Toad are rescued by Douglas and arrive on Sodor.
* 7101 is renamed "Bear" and renumbered D3.
* Dulcie, Alice and Mirabel are saved from scrap for service with Oliver and Duck.
* Frank arrives on Sodor.
* Small Railway Engines is published.
* Belle arrives on Sodor to help with the express.

## 1968

* S. C. Ruffey is pulled apart by Oliver and put back together.
* Kevin Volley retires and lives out his life at Ffarquhar.
* Bulgy arrives on Sodor.
* Bulgy is turned into a henhouse.
* Steam traction officially ends on British Railways.
* The Guinea Special runs.
* Flying Scotsman tours the United States.
* Enterprising Engines is published.
* Burnett and Tasha begin a relationship. Jealous, P.T Boomer causes Lady to have a crash. Lady is damaged is sheeted up in Burnett Stone's Workshop leaving the Shining Time Branch Line without an Engine.
* Burnett & Co is closed down.
* Neil is bought to the Bluebell Railway.

## 1969

* Sigrid of Arlesdale is built and arrives on Sodor.
* Duke is discovered by Mr. Fergus Duncan, the Reverend W. Awdry and the Reverend Teddy Boston.
* Oliver The Western Engine is published.
* Rainbow Sun is saved from scrap and is sent to work on the Shining Time Branch Line after Lady is sheeted up.
* Derek arrives on Sodor.
* Preston arrives on Sodor.

## 1970

* Sir Stephen Topham Hatt marries Helen Margaret.
* The siding at Cros-ny-Cuirn is extended to make a passing loop.
* The Railway Series celebrates its 25th anniversary.
* Duke The Lost Engine is published.
* Chuck arrives on Sodor.

## 1971

* Robert Sam dies.
* Chris arrives on Sodor.
* Julian arrives on Sodor.

## 1972

* Richard Topham Hatt is born.
* A second platform is added at Marthwaite.
* Tramway Engines is published.
* Odball arrives on Sodor.

## 1973

* Bert is rebuilt.
* Flying Scotsman returns to the United Kingdom after touring the United States.
* Hector arrives on Sodor.
* 10 November: The first three books in *The Railway Series* are published in Japan.
* Arnold arrives on Sodor.

## 1974

* Charles Nicholas Hatt is born.
* The Horrid Lorries arrives on Sodor but were sent back to the Mainland.
* The Kirk Ronan Branch Line is reopened.
* Kirk Ronan Station gets a rebuild
* Gordon leaves his own panoramic view
* Sir Topham Hatt goes through hell to make it to his Wife's Birthday Party
* Sir Topham Hatt's Mother Dowager decides to name her dog "Gremlin"
* Old Slow Coach is saved from scrap & renamed to Eve.
* Old Slow Coach became Lily's coach.
* The First Annual Best Dressed Station Awards is held
* Maithwaite wins, though it was vandalized the previous day by some boys.
* The Coal Mine Collapses while Percy's there, luckily, he and his crew hide under a canvas barrier
* The Station at Hawin Lake is reopened
* Mrs Kindley's Daughter is married.
* The Coal Mine Collapses while Percy's there, luckily, he and his crew hide under a canvas barrier
* Oliver takes a Late-Night Mail Train and rediscovers the old Sodor Tramways tracks.
* Arry and Bert arrives on Sodor.
* Bertram is found.
* Work on the Mathwaite Light Railway began with the Skarloey Railway Engines helping to help build the line.
* The dam on Toby's Line floods, and Toby and his driver are nearly thrown down a waterfall. Luckily, Percy and Harold rescue them.
* Sodor Tramways re-opens as Toby's Branch Line
* The Maithwaite light Railway is opened.
* Duncan delivers an Elephant Statue to Elephant Park
* Harry Topper's Fair Opens
* The Sodor China Claypits Temporarily close down after a massive landslide
* Bill and Ben are relocated to the Ffarquhar Quarry
* The tracks on the coastal line being damaged leading to Henry falling into the sea.
* Rick arrives on Sodor.
* Silver arrives on Sodor.

## 1975

* The Railway Series celebrates its 30th anniversary.
* Stepney's 100th Birthday.
* Bloomer arrives on Sodor and visits Shildon to take part in a cavalcade for the 150th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
* The National Railway Museum is built and purchases Mallard.
* Pip and Emma are built.
* D199 returns to Sodor but is sent back after trying to be The World's Strongest Engine.
* Salty arrives on Sodor.
* Harvey arrives on Sodor.
* Jack arrives on Sodor.
* Elizabeth is restored.
* A Red Hot Air Balloon Squishes James
* Alicia Botti visits Sodor for the first time
* *Stepney visits Sodor again and works with Edward.*
* Logan arrives on Sodor.
* Percy crashes through Mr. Jolly's Chocolate Factory
* The Second Annual Best Dressed Station Awards is held
* Lower Tidmouth Wins thanks to Percy finding some garden gnomes
* Ben gets Shiny New Buffers
* Millie arrives on Sodor.
* Sidney arrives on Sodor.
* Little Barford arrives on Sodor.
* Little Giant arrives on Sodor.
* James mistakes Percy for Jack Frost
* Cyril the Fogman temporarily reties and Sir Topham Hatt uses a foghorn instead

## 1976

* Jock is built.
* Emily is bought by the North Western Railway.
* Spencer visits Sodor for the first time.
* A giant storm sweeps the island. This leads to:
* The Track on Toby's Line becoming unstable leading to Thomas crashing into a pile of earth which Percy saves him from
* The Lighthouse on the Coastal Line running out of power leading to Satly having to use Fergus's Flywheel to power it
* The road near Wellsworth becoming Muddy leading to Edward needing to take the Brass Band from Bertie
* A windmill on Toby's Line getting struck by lightning leading to it being rebuilt and named after him
* A coach is swept onto the tracks and Peter Sam uses it to make a Mobile Refreshment Stand.
* Bulgy is turned into a Mobile Vegetable Stand
* James takes the Queen of Sodor to the Ironworks
* Arthur is put in charge of the ever-expanding Norramby Branch Line
* Callan Castle has a grand reopening party, though it is delayed by a day when Donald and Douglas have an accident
* A night party is held, and James brings in The Mayor of Sodor
* Oliver crashes into the children's snowman

## 1977

* Emily Helen Hatt is born.
* A Motorail Terminal is opened at Killdane.
* Tom Tipper temporarily runs his mail deliveries with a bike instead of his post van.
* A Wishing Tree is planted in Henry's Forest
* A new airport is built.
* Madge arrives on Sodor.
* A surprise Christmas Party is held for Thomas.
* Lincon arrives on Sodor.

## 1978

* Mighty Mac arrives on Sodor.
* Thomas and James get New Trucks
* Thomas re-discovers Hiro and he is restored and sent back to Japan
* Thomas saves the Ffarquhar Stationmaster's stolen car.
* Nermal arrives on Sodor.
* Scruff arrives on Sodor.
* Jeremy is built and arrives on Sodor.
* Rosie arrives on Sodor.
* Thomas scares Percy with a Chinese Dragon
* Toby's Shed at Arlesdale End is rebuilt with a new roof and the wood from the old one is used for a Birdhouse out front
* Paxton arrives on Sodor.

## 1979

* A replica of Stephenson's Rocket is built.
* Hiro is bought by The NWR.
* The Sodor China Claypits Reopens.
* Rocky arrives on Sodor.
* Judy And Jerome are used less and less.
* Duke and Coronel Church's 100th birthdays.
* Sir Topham Hatt places Percy in charge of the NWR for a day
* James is repainted with yellow and black stripes
* Toby discovers an old sign for Sodor Tramways.
* Flora returns to Sodor.
* Marble Sophie and Clarance are built to work on Sodor Tramways after it reopened.
* Holden arrives on Sodor to replace Spike who was scrapped sometime after the line closed.
* Holden is repainted to avoid confusion with Toby.
* Thomas, Percy and Duck triple head the express after Gordon and Henry become ill.
* *Thomas meets Lowham Hatt*
* The Lion of Sodor is installed at Knapford
* Den and Dart arrives on Sodor,
* Winston arrives on Sodor
* Luke is rediscovered
* Rheneas is repainted yellow
* Charles Topham Hatt's old coach is discovered
* Madge takes Duncan back to the Transfer Yards.
* Hector helps James brave through a snowstorm

## 1980

* Roger Sam becomes the new Thin Controller.
* Old Stuck-Up visits Sodor.

## 1981

* Old Stuck-Up is bought for the South West Railway.
* Porter arrives on Sodor.

## 1982

* Duke is overhauled.
* Sir Handel visits the Talyllyn Railway.
* An Oil Painter paints a portrait of Percy
* Flynn arrives on Sodor.

## 1983

* Christopher Awdry becomes the new writer for the Railway Series.
* Really Useful Engines is published.

## 1984

* D326 is scrapped.
* George is temporaily relocated to work as a generator at the sawmill
* Sir Topham Hatt decides to re-open Boulder Quarry
	+ Thumper accidentally lets Boulder go loose, and it crashes through the sheds and Percy nearly dies.
	+ Sir Charles Topham Hatt Steps down as Controller of the NWR due to this, and his son Stephen Topham Hatt becomes the new Fat Controller
* Sir Handel returns from the Talyllyn Railway.
* Ulfstead Castle is restored.
* Stephen returns to Sodor & restored.
* Connor & Caitlin arrive on Sodor.
* Neil is bought for The Estate Railway.
* Thomas and Friends airs its first episode on CITV.
* A Statue of the Steam Team is built and displayed at Abbey Station
* James And The Diesel Engines and Thomas's Christmas Party are published.

## 1985

* The Skarloey Funicular Railway is opened.
* Skarloey is overhauled a second time.
* The Railway Series celebrates its 40th anniversary.
* New Little Engines is published.
* Barry arrives on Sodor.
* A show for little engines is held at Ulfstead Castle.

## 1986

* Sir Handel is rebuilt.
* 1st April: The Reverend Teddy Boston dies.
* The Refreshment Lady dies.
* Pip and Emma visit Sodor for the first time.
* Diesel becomes a member of the NWR.
* The second season of Thomas And Friends is aired.
* More About Thomas The Tank Engine and Thomas And The Missing Christmas Tree are published.
* Milo arrives on Sodor.

## 1987

* *Pictures of the engines are taken for The Island of Sodor: Its People, History, and Railways*
* Fergus accidentally wanders off into the Smelter's Yard
* Thomas is sent to work at the China Clay pits whilst the Els Bridge is being repaired
* Mavis is involved in a collision with a lorry.
* Bulstrode is turned into a children's playground on a beach.
* Bessinmay arrives on Sodor.
* Marion and Timothy arrive on Sodor
* Gator temporarily visits Sodor
* Percy rediscovers a dinosaur fossil and it is hung up at Tidmouth Town Sqaure.
* Thomas goes back to Ffarquhar
* Phillip arrives on Sodor.
* Gordon the High Speed Engine Thomas And The Evil Diesel and The Island Of Sodor: It's People History & Railways are published.

## 1988

* Peter Sam visits the Talyllyn Railway.
* Flying Scotsman tours Australia.
* *A globe is put up at the Animal Park*
* Toby Trucks And Trouble is published.
* Duck's Old Slip Coaches are restored and brought to the NWR
* Howard is built.

## 1989

* Fred is put into service on the Skarloey Railway.
* 21st March: Margaret Emily Wale Awdry dies, aged 77.
* Thomas And Friends makes it American debut on Shining Time Station.
* TUGS is aired on CITV.
* Thomas And The Twins is published.

## 1990

* After Privatisation, the name "North Western Railway" becomes official.
* Flying Scotsman returns from Australia.
* Thomas is invited to a railway show in York.
* Frank is re-engined.
* Jock The New Engine is published.
* *Construction on a dinosaur park at Ulfstead Castle begins.*
* *The dinosaur park is finished construction.*
* The Sodor Cement Works is closed.
* Fergus is bought by the Sodor China Clay Works.

## 1991

* Mr. Ivo Hugh retires, with David Hugh II succeeding him as the current foreman of the Skarloey Railway.
* Thomas And The Great Railway Show is published.
* The first half of Series 3 of Thomas And Friends is aired.
* Kevin is sent to go work with Cranky temporarily
* Percy has the Duke and Duchess's calliope restored

## 1992

* *The NWR takes on a load of bad coal*
* Henry is overhauled.
* Thomas Comes Home is published.
* The second half of Series 3 of Thomas And Friends is aired.
* Sir Topham Hatt takes a much needed holiday
	+ Mr. Conductor and the controller of the South West Railway are called on to temporarily run the North Western Railway in his absence.
* Diesel 10 visits Sodor.
* Splatter and Dodge arrive on Sodor.
* Lily's Mother becomes pregnant, and Lily is sent to go visit Burnett.
* The SWR Controller and the engines help Burnett to repair Lady.
* Lady returns to Steam.
* In a chase with Thomas and Lady, Diesel 10 falls off The Big Dipper and lands in a barge
* P.T Boomer falls off Diesel 10 and drowns in the swamp below.
* Pinchy is removed from Diesel 10 after it broke when he fell of The Big Dipper.

## 1993

* Wilbert visits Sodor.
* Henry And The Express is published.
* Angel arrives on Sodor.
* *Salty is sent to go temporarily work on the Mainland.*

## 1994

* 27th October: George Edward Vere Awdry dies, aged 78.
* British Railways is privatised until 1997.
* Bert's 100th Birthday.
* Ken arrives on Sodor.
* Wilbert The Forest Engine is published.
* The first half of Series 4 of Thomas And Friends is released on VHS.
* The events of Sodor's Legend Of Lost Treasure happen.
* Judy And Jerome are relocated to Arlesburgh.
* Ryan arrives on Sodor.
* Skiff arrives on Sodor.
* Skiff's Railboat Tours is open.
* Daisy is relocated to the new Branch Line.
* *Sir Topham Hatt’s Office is being repaired due to Sailor John blowing it up.*

## 1995

* Cecil returns.
* The Golden Jubilee of the Railway Series is celebrated.
* Thomas And The Fat Controller's Engines is published.
* The second half of Series 4 of Thomas And Friends is released on VHS.

## 1996

* Edward's 100th birthday.
* Peter Sam returns to the Skarloey Railway to help with the extra work.
* Ivo Hugh is built.
* Luca is built.
* Owen Edwin and Evan arrive on Sodor.
* Skarloey Rheneas & Duncan are repainted.
* New Little Engine is published.
* The manager of Anopha Quarry is visited by the police after Henrietta is booked for allowing workmen to ride on her balconies.
* Victoria is restored and returned to service.
* The Reverend W. Awdry Receives a OBE.

## 1997

* 21st March: The Reverend W. Awdry dies, aged 85.
* Sir Topham Hatt II dies; Stephen Topham Hatt inherits his father's Baronetcy.
* British Railways ceases operations and the North Western Region finally becomes the North Western Railway again

## 1998

* The fifth Season of Thomas And Friends is aired.
* Thomas Land in Japan is opened.
* Richard is saved from scrap and is put to work on the NWR.

## 1999

* Burnett Stone dies due to lung cancer at the age of 75.
* Lady is bought by The Estate Railway.
* Peter Sam discovers the statue of Proteus
* Marion rediscovers Glynn
* Glynn is purchased by The Earl of Sodor

## 2000

* Ernest, Wilfred, Culdee and Shane Dooiney's 100th birthday
* A feature film called Thomas And The Magic Railroad came out & it was a bomb in the box office.
* Thomas is overhauled.
* The Railway Series celebrates its 55th anniversary.
* The Culdee Fell Railway celebrates its 100th anniversary.
* Danword is built.

# 21st Century

## 2001

* Smudger is donated to The Skarloey Railway after his controller passed away.
* Madwin arrives on Sodor.
* Tyson is built.
* *Oliver discovers an old dinosaur fossil*
* *Oliver demolishes the Brickworks at Killdane*

## 2002

* Rheneas is overhauled.
* Series 6 of Thomas And Friends is aired under new owners Gullane Entertainment.
* A Great Railway Show is held on the Mainland and some of Sodor's Engines participate.
* Gordon is streamlined for The Great Race, but his safety valve bursts and he loses. Etienne of France wins.
* James and Emily enter in the Best Decorated Engine competition. Rajiv of India wins.
* Henry enters into the World's Strongest Engine tournament and places in fifth. Frieda of Germany wins
* Percy is set to enter at the Shunting Competition, but Thomas takes his place and wins, alongside Ashima of India

## 2003

* City of Truro's 100th Birthday
* Series 7 of Thomas And Friends is aired under new owners HIT Entertainment.
* Diesel 10 becomes a member of the NWR.

## 2004

* Sir Handel's 100th birthday.
* The National Railway Museum purchases Flying Scotsman.
* Gordon is overhauled.
* Series 8 of Thomas And Friends is aired.
* Godred 2 is built.
* Mr. Perigrine Percival becomes the Skarloey Railway's Controller

## 2005

* The Railway Series celebrates its 60th anniversary.
* Sodor: Reading between The Lines is published.
* Series 9 of Thomas And Friends is aired.
* Calling All Engines is released
* Dustin arrives on Sodor.
* One of the Railway's Workmen, Albert, has a child with his wife.
* The child is named after Thomas

## 2006

* Thomas And Friends moved from airing on CITV to Milkshake!.
* Hugo visits Sodor.
* Series 10 of Thomas And Friends is aired.

## 2007

* Hannah arrives on Sodor.
* Bulgy is brought back to passenger services
* *Knapford Station briefly uses the TX-1000 Public Address System.*
* Fergus Duncan retires from being controller of the Arlesdale Railway.
* Andrew Duncan takes over as Controller of the Arlesdale Railway.
* Thomas And Victoria is published.
* Series 11 of Thomas And Friends is aired.
* Henry is painted in Glow-in-the-Dark paint

## 2008

* Thomas travels the world.
* Cecil is overhauled.
* Nia joins the NWR.
* The Great Discovery is released but some of the engines weren't very pleased that it wasn't very accurate to events of 1955.
* Season 12 of Thomas & Friends is aired and some of the engines had Mixed Reviews about the engines having CGI faces.

## 2009

* Donald and Douglas' 100th Birthday
* Sir Richard Topham Hatt becomes the Fat Controller.
* Murdoch arrives on Sodor.
* Iris arrives on Sodor.
* Hero Of The Rails is released & Hiro is cross because of how his backstory is changed.
* Dexter is found and turned into a classroom coach.
* Iris arrives on Sodor.

## 2010

* Stepney, Bluebell and Captain Baxter's overhauls are completed and the Bluebell Railway celebrates its 50th anniversary.
* The Railway Series celebrates its 65th anniversary.
* Wilbert is scheduled to be back in service after a major overhaul.
* Series 13 of Thomas And Friends is aired.
* Misty Island Rescue is aired which made the engines mad as the events never happened.
* Series 14 of Thomas And Friends is aired.

## 2011

* Molly arrvies on Sodor.
* Pip and Emma are purchased by the North Western Railway.
* The Fifteenth season of Thomas And Friends is aired all the engines hated it.
* The North Western Railway celebrates the Reverend W. Awdry's 100th birthday.
* 6th July: The last book of The Railway Series ''Thomas And His Friends'' is published.
* Day Of The Diesel is released.

## 2012

* Wilbert is returned to service.
* 18th March: Alan Pegler dies, aged 91.
* Series 16 of Thomas And Friends is aired.
* Blue Mountain Mystery is released.
* The Sicence Convention is held at Ulfstead Castle.
* Sonny arrives on Sodor.
* Kenji visits on Sodor.
* The future scenes of the T&TMRR Director's Cut takes place.

## 2013

* The events of Series 1 take place.
* Alverez And Melissa become Nermal's Coaches.
* 25th November: Hilary Fortnam dies, aged 67.
* Series 17 of Thomas And Friends is aired.
* King Of The Railway is released.
* Gordon and Spencer put aside their 45-year-old rivalry
* *Sidney arrives on Sodor, though he is currently unfinished.*

## 2014

* The North Western Railway celebrates its 100th anniversary.
* Toby's 100th birthday.
* Stepney is withdrawn from service, following the failure of his main steam pipe.
* Series 18 is aired.
* The mine on the Great Waterton Branch Line is reopened.
* A film about The Red And Black Engine is made.
* Tale Of The Brave is released.
* Toby foils a theft attempt of King Godred's Crown

## 2015

* The Wellsworth Stationmaster is robbed, but Hiro manages to stop them from stealing Connor.
* Ted arrives on Sodor.
* Jennete Dianna & Tanya arrive on Sodor.
* A group of Vandals cause trouble on the Ffarqhuar Branch Line as well as stealing The Fat Controller's car but Thomas and Toad manage to stop them from getting away.
* Kana is built and begins work on the main line.
* Eddy and Dean arrive on the Arlesdale Railway.
* Carly arrives at Brendam Docks.
* The Railway Series celebrates its 70th anniversary.
* Nicholas arrives on Sodor.
* Tasha is rediscovered by Luke after he accidently crashed though her shed and is taken to Crovan's Gate to be restored.
* Pioneer is found is also restored for the Estate Railway.
* The Horrid Lorries return to Sodor.
* The Skarloey Railway celebrates its 150th anniversary.
* The Bluebell Railway celebrates its 55th anniversary.
* Bowler and Spamcan are purchased by the North Western Railway.
* The North Western Railway celebrates running for over 100 years.
* Thomas' 100th birthday.
* A flatbed from Japan called Moramoto arrives.
* S.C.Ruffey is sent to work at the Ironworks.
* The Adventure Begins is released & was met with praise.
* Sodor's Legend Of The Lost Treasure is released & was met with praise.
* Series 19 of Thomas And Friends is aired.
* Mallard visits Sodor for the Christmas Party.
* Fowler visits Sodor.
* Baz Bernie and Fowler steals Christmas Decorations.
* Sidney finally gets his wheels

## 2016

* Alec arrives on Sodor.
* Flying Scotsman returns to steam in England.
* The North Western Railway celebrates the Reverend W. Awdry's 105th birthday.
* Skarloey Rheneas & Smudger visits The Talyllyn Railway to celebrate Dolgoch's 150 birthday.
* Diesel decides to change his ways for good after damaging Daisy
* The Great Race is released and the engines had Mixed Reviews on it.
* Series 20 of Thomas And Friends is aired.
* Kwaku visits Sodor for Christmas.
* The Culdee Fell have there first Christmas party.

## 2017

* The Arlesdale Railway celebrates its 50th anniversary.
* Journey Beyond Sodor is released and the engines had Mixed Reviews on it.
* Series 21 is aired and the engines had Mixed Reviews on it.

## 2018

* 50th anniversary of the end of steam on BR.
* Big World Big Adventures is released and some engines had Mixed Reviews on it.
* Series 22 is aired and the engines had Mixed Reviews on it.

## 2019

* Henry's 100th Birthday.
* Series 23 is aired and the engines had Mixed Reviews on it.

## 2020

* The Railway Series celebrates its 75th anniversary.
* Peter Sam's 100th Birthday.
* Series 24 is aired.
* Thomas & The Royal Engine is aired & was met with praise.
* The Bluebell Railway celebrates its 60th anniversary.
* The Talyllyn Railway celebrates its 69 years of preservation.

## 2021

* January 20: Thomas and Friends airs its final episode.
* September 13. Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! premieres in the United States

## 2022

* Queen Elizabeth II dies on 8th September at the age of 96 after 70 years on the throne.

## 2023

* Flying Scotsman's 100th anniversary is celebrated. A party is also heled at Knapford.