Timeline

This is a **timeline** chronicling major events of the continuity of Sodor Stories.

## 400 AD

* The Celtic People arrive on Sodor, becoming the island's earliest known human inhabitants.

## 460s

### 465

* St. Luoc set sail for the Isle of Man, but was blown off course and ended up on the Island of Sodor, at Suddery.

### 466

* The Sudrian natives kindly built St. Luoc a Keeill (a chapel and a cell or hut in which to live).

## 650s

### 651

* St. Aidan passes away. It is believed that St. Finan came from Iona and succeeded Aidan as the Bishop of of Lindisfarne. It's possible that on his way to Northumbria, Finan may have visited Sodor around this time. This is evidenced by the fact that two churches on the Island are now dedicated to him, one at Ffarquhar and Normanby.

## 940s

### 940

* Harald Sigtryggsson, father of Godred MacHarold passes away. (Note: In real life, he was the father of Gofraid mac Arailt, one of the basis' of MacHarold, along with the legendary King Orry, which many believe was likely actually Godred Crovan due to their many similarities).

## 960s

### 965

* A small church was built on the site of St. Luoc’s Keeill.

## 970s

### 979

* Godred MacHarold becomes King of Sodor and Man.

## 980s

### 982

* Earl Sigurd of Orkney brought his long-ships south to try and claim Sodor and Man from King Godred MacHarold. MacHarold was able to beat him off on Man.

### 984

* At the present day site of King Orry's Bridge, Godred MacHarold again beat off an attack by Earl Sigurd of Orkney.

### 989

* Godred MacHarold's reign as the King of Sodor and Man ends when he is killed by Earl Sigurd of Orkney's invading army on the Isle of Man. His two elder sons were also killed, but his wife, his daughter Gudrun, and his young son Harold the Black were able to escape to Islay. Earl Sigurd of Orkney took over as the King of Sodor and Man.

## 1000s

### 1009

* Thorfinn the Mighty is born, son of Sigurd the Stout.

## 1010s

### 1014

* Sigurd the Stout is killed at the Battle of Clontarf. His four/five year old son Thorfinn inherits his Earldom.
* Harold the Black claims the title of King of Sodor and Man. Pursuing this opportunity, Harold the Black reclaims part of his father's kingdom, becoming the new King of Sodor.

### 1015

* Harald Hardrada, future King of Norway is born.

## 1030s

### 1032

* By this point in time, Thorfinn had set about bringing his inherited earldom into order once more, taking control of multiple different regions over the several following years.

### 1034

* Thorfinn seizes control of the kingdom of Sodor and Man.
* Thorfinn becomes the King of Sodor after he successfully drives out the previous King, Harold the Black. Harold's son was killed in the battle that ensued, but Harold was able to escape to Iceland.

## 1040s

### 1043

* Jarl Ogmund is born as the only son of Sigurd of Cronk Abbey and his wife Helga.

### 1047

* Harold the Black dies in a failed attempt to reclaim his kingdom.

## 1050s

### 1054

* The second attempted Norman invasion of Sodor takes place but is successfully repelled at Cas-ny-Hawin by Lady Sigrid of Arlesdale.

## 1060s

### 1061

* Sigmund is born to Sigurd of Cronk Abbey and his wife Gerda.

### 1065

* Thorfinn dies, his sons, Erland and Paul, rule jointly over Sodor and Man.

### 1066

* Thorkell of Norwich and Godred Crovan fight on opposite sides at the battle of Stamford Bridge. Both ended up wounded and struck up a friendship afterwards.
* Harold Godwinson passes away.

### 1067

* Sudrian Kings Paul and Erlend are unable to prevent the loss of considerable amounts of territory amassed by their father, at the hands of Godred Crovan and others. Their rule as the Kings of Sodor ends this year.
* Ulf arrives on Sodor.
* Jarl Ogmund gives Ulf's friend and battle-comrade Edric the Lordship of Arlesdale.
* Jarl Ogmund welcomes Thorkell of Norwich and his men to Sodor, settling them in Kellsthorpe, Ulfstead and elsewhere. With their aid, he was able to squeeze the last of Fingall's soldiers from the island.

### 1068

* Thorkell of Norwich marries Jarl Ogmund's daughter Gyda.

## 1070s

### 1070

* Rolf becomes Bishop of Sodor and Man.
* Ulfstead Castle is built.
* Rolf begins serving as the Bishop of Sodor and Man.
* A wooden church is constructed in Kirkleas by Edric, the first recorded Lord of Arlesdale.

### 1071

* Rolf begins work on a Cathedral in Suddery. Following his death in 1079, his successor Hammond continued work on it.

### 1075

* Godred Crovan completes his conquest of the various surrounding Isles.

### 1079

* Godred Crovan officially becomes King of Sodor.
* Godred Crovan conquers Dublin, he subsequently looks to conquer the Isle of Man at the Battle of Skyhill. Jarl Ogmund is killed during the battle. Crovan had previously set up Harwick as the embarkation point for his attempted invasion.
* Sigmund begins serving as Viceroy.
* Rolf passes away during a visit to the Isle of Man, thus ending his time as the Bishop of Sodor and Man. He is subsequently buried at Kirk Maughold.

## 1080s

### 1081

* Sigrid of Arlesdale marries Orm Edricsson.

### 1085

* Gunnar (A future King of Sodor) was born to Sigmund and his wife Gertha.

### 1089

* The first attempted Norman invasion of Sodor occurs. The invading army landed in Normanby (Now Norramby), and were routed at Crovan's Gate. They fled back to their ships however, to find that most of them had either been captured or burnt.
* Ogmund (A future King of Sodor) was born to Sigmund and his wife Gertha. He was named in honor of Sigmund's half-brother Jarl Ogmund.

## 1090s

### 1094

* The second attempted Norman invasion of Sodor occurs. The invading forces had Peel Godred as its objective target, with other landings being made at Harwick and Arlesburgh. A woman named Sigrid of Arlesdale, along with her army and steward Ketil were able to lure the Normans to what is now the Cas-ny-Hawin Valley, surround them from all sides, and force them into surrender, even despite the fact the invading army was over ten times larger.
* Meanwhile Sigrid's husband Orm Edricsson, and brother Jarl Ragnar defended Arlesburgh, but couldn't prevent a large force moving east towards Peel Godred, which resulted in Orm being slain during the conflict. Harwick was successfully defended by Sigmund, the future King of Sodor.
* Many Sudrian homes and farms were burnt to the ground by the Normans during the attempted invasion, including the wooden church constructed in Kirkleas in 1070 by Edric.

### 1098

* Former Sudrian Kings Paul and Erlend Thorfinnsson pass away.

### 1099

* Sigmund is elected the first King of an independent Sodor. He is crowned at Peel Godred, but makes Cronk Abbey his capital. This ends his term as Viceroy.

## 1100s

### 1104

* A Castle is built at Cronk Abbey by King Sigmund.

## 1110s

### 1116

* Sigmund passes away and is succeeded as the King of Sodor by his son Gunnar.

## 1150s

### 1150

* The Monastery of Cronk Abbey is founded, serving as a daughter house to the Furness Abbey on the Mainland. King Ogmund, suspecting that this might lead to English infiltration, only granted land for a house to be built here.

### 1153

* Olaf Crovan, son of Godred Crovan is assassinated.

## 1160s

### 1160

* St Tibba's Nunnery is established at Wellsworth.

## 1260s

### 1263

* King Haakon IV passes away.

* King Andreas and his son Prince Peter Andreas were killed in battle, fighting against Alexander III of Scotland, at the Battle of Largs. Peter left no heir behind, ending the rule of Sudrian Kings.

## 1330s

### 1333

* Edward II gave the land to the Monatacutes.

## 1340s

### 1341

* Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland is born.

## 1370s

### 1377

* King Edward III passes away, thus ending his reign as King.

## 1390s

### 1392

* After suffering a long period of neglect, the Cathedral at Suddery (Initially started by Rolf) was in such poor condition that an appeal, blessed by the pope, was made to the faithful, urging them to give aims "for reparation of the Church of Sodor". Sudrians maintain however that these funds were misappropriated instead, for the repair of St. Luoc's in Suddery, which is undoubtedly the "Church of Sodor". They were also diverted to repairs for the Church on Peel Island.

### 1399

* Henry IV had Scrope beheaded and gave the islands to the Percy family. Sodor's annexation did not imply possession of occupation, but that many a time the new owners had a large rebellion on their hands, with locals retreating to the hills and often attacking the area between Brendam, Cronk Abbey and Rolf's Castle, which was usually occupied.

## 1400s

### 1404

* Sir Arnold de Normanby becomes the first Duke/Earl of Sodor, a position appointed to him by King Henry IV.
* Abbot of Cronk Abbey and Sir Arnold de Normanby begin serving as the joint Governor's of Sodor, after being appointed to the position by Henry IV.

### 1408

* Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland passes away.

## 1490s

### 1491

* King Henry VIII is born.
* Michael Colden is born.

## 1530s

### 1531

* Michael Colden begins serving as the last Abbot of Cronk Abbey.

## 1540s

### 1540

* Sir Geoffrey Regaby is appointed as Sodor's Lieut. Governor and King's Agent.
* Michael Colden begins serving as the first Bishop of Suddery, thus ending his term as Cronk Abbey's final Abbot.

### 1547

* King Henry VIII passes away, his son Edward VI inherits the throne.

## 1550s

### 1553

* King Edward VI passes away, ending his time on the throne.

### 1558

* Queen Mary I passes away, ending her time on the throne.

## 1560s

### 1565

* Michael Colden passes away and Timothy Smeale takes over his role as the Bishop of Suddery.

## 1590s

### 1594

* Timothy Smeale passes away.
* Harold Regaby becomes Bishop of Suddery.

## 1600s

### 1607

* Harold Regaby's time as the Bishop of Suddery comes to a close.

## 1610s

### 1614

* Lancelot Qualtrough is born, the eldest son of Hector Qualtrough, the Vicar of Kellaby.

## 1630s

### 1639

* The Wars of the Three Kingdoms, also known as the British Civil Wars or The Great Rebellion, a series of intertwined conflicts begins.

## 1640s

### 1642

* Lancelot Qualtrough is made a Canon of Suddery Cathedral.

### 1647

* Lancelot Qualtrough becomes Vicar of Suddery.
* Jacob Lambert passes away, ending his time as the Bishop of Suddery.

### 1649

* Lancelot Qualtrough begins serving as the Last Bishop of Suddery after a letter of approval was sent from Holland by Prince Charles II of England (the future king).

## 1650s

### 1653

* The Wars of the Three Kingdoms, also known as the British Civil Wars or The Great Rebellion, a series of intertwined conflicts concludes.

## 1660s

### 1665

* Rolf's Castle was rebuilt, it had previously been dismantled by Cromwellians. It now serves as a live music venue.

## 1700s

### 1703

* Lancelot Qualtrough passes away, ending his term as Suddery's final Bishop. His diocese was reunited with that of Man under Bishop Thomas Wilson.

## 1710s

### 1715

* After 311 years, the position of Dukes (Earls) of Sodor is extinguished.

## 1750s

### 1758

* Peter Carnane, an Elsbridge Shopkeeper was caught in a thick mist, and only found direction and safety thanks to the striking of the church clock. He subsequently bequeathed land to the Vicar and Churchwardens, directing that the rent from it be used to pay for the ringing of a bell every-day during the half-hour before sunset, "forever". Although no longer necessary, the ringing of the "Carnane Bell" continues to this day.

## 1780s

### 1780

* The Elsbridge Town Bridge is built. It replaced an old dilapidated packhorse bridge. The road width was 15ft between parapets. A tablet in the town's church provides a list of the principal contributors to the bridge's construction.

## 1800s

### 1803

* Richard Trevithick begins construction on the world's very first steam locomotive, now known as The Coalbrookdale Locomotive. He informed his friend Samuel Homfray of his desire to build engines that could run on roads and rails, and haul goods, as opposed to his previous stationary steam engines primarily used in mines. Homfray was interested and thus bought a half-share in Trevithick's patent, allowing him to use his workshop and tools for the construction of the very first locomotive.

### 1804

* Richard Trevithick finishes construction on The Coalbrookdale Locomotive, which he began building the previous year.

### 1806

* The Railroad from Ward Fell to Balladwail opened as a horse worked plateway.

## 1820s

### 1822

* John Arnold Norramby is born.
* Sir Thomas Bouch is born.
* Samuel Homfray passes away.

### 1825

* Locomotion No. 1 is built for the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

## 1830s

### 1833

* Richard Trevithick passes away.
* Thomas Postlethwaite is born.

## 1850s

### 1853

* The Sodor and Mainland Railway opened.
* Charles Edwin Spooner is born.

## 1860s

### 1864

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

### 1865

* The Skarloey Railway opened, and Skarloey arrived on a ship at Kirk Ronan Harbour, and Rheneas arrived a few months later.

### 1866

* Skarloey has trailing wheels added to improve stability and has a cab installed. He almost fell off the Old Trestle Bridge after it was damaged by a storm.

## 1870s

### 1870

* The Wellsworth and Brendam Railway opened.
* The people of Peel Godred plan for a railway to be built.
* Lady Margaret Cranstal dies.

### 1873

* Queen Victoria responded to popular petition and restored John Arnold Norramby to the Earldom of Sodor and estates of Ulfstead Castle.
* The position of Dukes (Earls) of Sodor is restored. John Arnold Norramby becomes the first Duke of Sodor since 1715, thus ending his term as Sodor's Lieut. Governor.
* Around this time, the S&M railway was planning a low-level bridge over the Walney Channel. Local interest on Sodor existed for its construction, but Britain wasn’t having it, as it would connect Sodor via rail to the UK, which they weren’t interested in. A failed persuasion was presented this year, but the admiralty still wasn't listening. Sudrians tried such projects anyway, but the UK Government still wouldn't let them get anywhere. They tried to cut a tunnel under a Kirk Ronan ridge, and then underneath the Walney Channel. Due to expenses, endless rock-falls, and rushing in ocean water, this precise project was left abandoned.

### 1874

* Sudrians were still campaigning for a bridge connecting Sodor to the Mainland. This time however, the admiralty agreed. Railway engineer Sir Thomas Bouch helped raise the money needed for its construction. Sometime after this, a series of disasters befell the bridge. The British foundations were destroyed by a tide-rip and had to be lifted out of the sea.

### 1875

* James (52) was purchased to handle goods duties on the Wellsworth and Brendam Railway.
* Whiff/‘Kitson’ was commissioned into service as a saloon engine. He helped James (52) with goods duties.
* Sir Handel Brown I is born.

### 1878

* The damage sustained to the S&M Bridge crossing the Walney Channel was fixed, and the bridge was nearing completion.

## 1880s

### 1880

* The Mid-Sodor Railway opened. Duke arrived from Boston Lodge in Wales to haul the opening train.
* The S&M Bridge spanning over the Walney Channel is destroyed one autumn night during a gale. Due to the Tay Bridge Disaster from the year prior nobody seemed interested in raising more money to try and rebuild the damaged sections of the bridge, nor complete it.
* Sir Thomas Bouch passes away.

### 1882

* Smudger was decommissioned and turned into a generator behind the sheds of Arlesdale, where he still remains to this day.

### 1885

* The Knapford and Elsbridge Light Railway was opened.

### 1886

* Sir Topham Hatt I was born.
* Nicholas Dreswick becomes the Deacon of Suddery Cathedral. He additionally begins serving as the Curate of Peel Godred.
* Frederick Regaby dies; Albert Regaby succeeds to his Barony.

### 1889

* Dowager Hatt was born.
* Nicholas Dreswick begins serving as the Chaplain of Cronk Abbey.
* Charles Easton Spooner passes away.

## 1890s

### 1891

* Nicholas Dreswick's time as the Chaplain of Cronk Abbey comes to a close, and he begins his term as the Vicar of Ulfstead.

### 1894

* John Arnold Norramby passes away, thus ending his time as the Duke of Sodor, Henry John Norramby takes over the position.
* Nicholas Dreswick marries Joanna Drixon.

### 1895

* Capt. Edward Nicholas Dreswick is born.

### 1896

* Franklyn Edmund Ward is born.
* The Culdee Fell Tramroad and Hotel Company Ltd. was formed under the leadership of Lord Peter Barrane, the CFR's first chairman.

### 1897

* The first sod of the Culdee Fell Railway was cut by Lady Elaine Barrane at Kirk Machan.
* Nicola Joan Dreswick is born.

## 1900s

### 1900

* The Culdee Fell Railway opened, Godred, Ernest, Wilfred, Culdee and Shane Dooiney arrived to run the line. On the line's opening day, Godred suffered a terrible accident and the CFR could not afford to repair him, so he was stripped for spare parts to repair the other engines.
* Rev. Peter Dreswick is born.

### 1901

* The Sodor and Mainland Railway declared bankruptcy and the engines were placed out of commission, some were scrapped.
* Queen Victoria passes away.
* Nicholas Dreswick's time as the Vicar of Ulfstead comes to a close, when he begins serving as the Vicar of Killaban.

### 1904

* City of Truro becomes the world's first locomotive to attain travelling at 100mph.
* During Falcon's first day in service, he almost fell off the Mountain Road, but Duke saved him.
* Thomas Postlethwaite passes away.

### 1905

* Glynn arrived.
* Knapford Harbour needed constant dredging and by this year the cost had become too prohibitive. By this year, the larger coastal ships could no longer clear the high-tide at Suddery Harbour caused by some remains of Suddery Castle, which had been blown up and sent into the sea during the Great Rebellion between 1639 to 1653.

### 1906

* Tidmouth becomes the first town on Sodor to be lit by electricity.

### 1908

* The line from Knapford to Tidmouth along the coast was destroyed by a strong autumn gale. Nearby roads were also destroyed, and communications and trade were disrupted as a result. A petition was subsequently sent to Parliament, and using a treasury loan, A.W. Dry & Co put unemployed miners to work cutting a tunnel through a ridge to Tidmouth (This would be completed two years later).

## 1910s

### 1910

* The K&ELR was then called the Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Light Railway.

### 1912

* The Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Light Railway was merged with the Wellsworth and Brendam Railway to form the Tidmouth, Wellsworth and Brendam Railway.

### 1914

* S&MR, TK&ELR and W&BR were all merged into one to the form the North Western Railway (NWR), WWI was declared.

### 1915

* Thomas and Edward arrived to help build the NWR. War effort.

## 1920s

### 1922

* Henry arrived in his old shape. He was bricked up in the Ballahoo Tunnel after refusing to work in bad weather.
* Glynn was withdrawn from service due to funding issues.
* The Sodor Steamworks opened.

### 1923

* Gordon arrived from the London and North Eastern Railway as an A1 Pacific.
* Edward was out of the shed for the first time.
* The Peel Godred Branch Line opened at the same time as the Peel Godred Electric Company and the Sodor Ironworks.

### 1924

* Thomas was accidently coupled to Gordon's express.
* Thomas and Edward switch jobs and Thomas proceeds to take Edward's goods train to Wellsworth.

### 1925

* James arrived from the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, and he crashed into a cow field on his first day.
* Thomas was awarded the Ffarquhar Branch Line and the remaining Coffeepot Engines were withdrawn. On his first few days in service, Thomas left the guard behind, and a fish got into his water tank.
* An agreement was made between the NWR and LMS to use Barrow-in-Furness as their terminus, replacing Vicarstown.
* Mr. Percival and Mr. Walter Richards were born.

### 1926

* Thomas got stuck in the snow and Terence the Tractor had to help him out.
* Thomas had a race with Bertie the Bus.
* Percy arrived while the tender engines (Gordon, Henry and James) were on strike, however they were soon let out after learning that they were being very silly. However James refused to use the turntable after being made fun of being spun around like a top during a windy day.

### 1928

* Kellsthorpe Road was opened on the Main Line.

### 1929

* The Great Depression started, and Sodor tried its best to not get into a recession.

## 1930s

### 1931

* Sir Robert Norramby was born. He is Duke's current grace.
* Jenny Packard was born.

### 1932

* Sir Bertram Topham Hatt went to Crewe as an engineering pupil under Sir William Stanier.

### 1934

* Sir Topham Hatt I had to buy Welsh Coal from the Mainland to maintain Henry's poor performance.
* NWR celebrates its 20th anniversary, although lowkey due to the great depression.

### 1935

* Henry was transferred to Crewe for an overhaul after his accident with ‘The Flying Kipper’. He was redesigned into a Black 5 with a larger firebox.

### 1938

* Bertram Topham Hatt was given Elizabeth the Steam Lorry at the age of 18 when he got his driver's licence. Since then, Elizabeth had to go through Bertram's bad driving.
* The Mid-Sodor Railway closed down, Stuart (Peter Sam) and Falcon (Sir Handel) were sold for the expansion of the Hydro-Electric company at Peel Godred, Freddie was sold to a railway on the Mainland and Duke was sheeted up at the sheds.
* Passenger services on the Little Western branch were withdrawn due to low numbers.

### 1939

* NWR celebrates its 25th anniversary, but World War II was declared, Sodor prepares to defend.

## 1940s

### 1940

* Evacuation trains were growing to take children to the countryside away from the bombing in case the Mainland ever gets invaded from Nazi-occupied Germany.

### 1944

* NWR celebrates its 30th anniversary, but lowkey because of the war.

### 1946

* Jinty arrived from the LMS to become the station pilot at Vicarstown.

### 1948

* James (52) was preserved by the National Railway Museum in York.
* Proteus arrived from the Corris Railway in Wales to help out Skarloey and Rheneas. When returning from the Blue Mountain Quarry, a stone was lodged between the tracks of the Old Iron Bridge and he fell into the swamp below.

## 1950s

### 1950

* The Sodor Construction Company was founded.

### 1951

* Toby arrived from the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway, to help deliver trucks through the Ffarquhar Quarry Tramroad.
* Thomas saved Mrs. Kyndley from a landslide near the Hackenbeck Tunnel.
* Hiro was shipped from Japan and he worked on Sodor until 1965 before he was abandoned in a siding.
* On a return journey, Rheneas' valve gear jams, but he manages to get the train home.

### 1952

* A Christmas party was held at Tidmouth Sheds to thank Mrs. Kyndley for saving Thomas from a landslide at the Hackenbeck Tunnel last year.
* Queen Elizabeth II was coronated.

### 1953

* Gordon broke the turntable of Vicarstown Sheds and he ran himself into a ditch.
* Thomas fell down a hole at the Lead Mines.
* Queen Elizabeth II came to Sodor for a royal visit.
* Trevor was saved from Crock's Scrap Yard by Edward.
* Duck from the Great Western Railway arrived to replace Percy as the pilot at Knapford.

### 1954

* Percy was relocated to the Ffarquhar branch to help restoration with the old harbour at Knapford.
* NWR celebrates its 40th anniversary with a massive celebration after 20 years of no big celebration.
* Percy fell into the sea at Brendam Docks. Beforehand, he tackled a flooded track.
* Diesel arrived and caused trouble towards Duck. He was sent away soon after.
* Donald and Douglas arrived. Sir Topham Hatt I trialled both and he decided on which one would stay.

### 1955

* Thomas had an accident with the stationmaster's house at Ffarquhar. Daisy was shortly acquired.
* Bill, Ben and BoCo arrived.

### 1956

* James had to help Toby who was stuck on the Main Line.
* City of Truro visited the Island of Sodor.
* A hot summer had bent the tracks on the Ffarquhar branch, so the branch line engines were sent to work elsewhere. Thomas shunted in the yards at Tidmouth, Percy went to work with Duck at Brendam Docks, Toby stayed with Mavis at Ffarquhar Quarry, and Daisy ran local Main Line trains.
* A massive storm had torn up the forest between Kellsthorpe Road and Crovan's Gate. Henry, Toby, Trevor and Terence helped to restore it to its former glory.

### 1957

* A log collided with an old wooden bridge near Ffarquhar. Toby precariously tightropes above the water, and Mavis comes to his rescue.
* Oliver escaped from scrap and was rescued by Douglas.
* Flying Scotsman visited the North Western Railway, now under private ownership by Alan Pegler, and Diesel tells him about the abolishment of steam.
* A double decker bus called Bulgy helped out on a Bank Holiday, but he got stuck under a bridge.
* Sir Topham Hatt I retires as controller of the railway. A big farewell party was held on Christmas Day to mark his retirement which occurred a few weeks later.

### 1958

* Sir Topham Hatt I's son Bertram took over the NWR. The named was changed from the Fat Director to the Fat Controller.
* Stuart and Falcon were purchased by the Skarloey Railway for £25 each *(£942.56 in total in today’s money)* and were renamed Peter Sam (Stuart) and Sir Handel (Falcon).
* Rheneas leaves for an overhaul, Skarloey was kept in the shed as a spare engine while Peter Sam and Sir Handel ran the railway.
* Skarloey breaks a spring pulling the Market Day train, and while he was sent away to be overhauled, Rusty is brought in to help with the workload.
* Duke was found in his old shed by rescuers.
* Peter Sam had an accident with some slate trucks that damaged his funnel. He was temporarily withdrawn as Duncan arrived to help Sir Handel and Peter Sam with the extra workload.

### 1959

* Duncan carelessly stops on the viaduct, and Rheneas returned from his overhaul.
* Stepney visits Sodor from the Bluebell Railway. He had a race with Caroline and he double headed the express with Duck on his last day after a Class 40 diesel (later nicknamed Bowler) broke down.
* A circus visited Sodor. One of their elephants got loose and hid in Henry’s Tunnel.
* Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby and Duck went to London for a special exhibition. Mavis, BoCo, Bill, Ben Donald, Douglas, Oliver, Jinty and Pug took over their work.
* Mavis had a collision with a lorry.
* The seaside village of Ballahoo invited Toby to be the special attraction. However, plans changed at short notice and Toby was sent away. Bulstrode was towed away and dumped at Bluff’s Cove beach (where he still remains today) after some trucks damaged his hull.

## 1960s

### 1960

* Brendam Docks acquired a new crane called Cranky.
* Three new lorries arrived who were very horrid, but they were sent away when they were deemed as 'smashed' 'broken' and 'sunk'.
* Kirk Ronan was restored as a canopy terminus. Gordon smashed through the wall on its opening day.
* Stepney visits Sodor a second time, but he helps Toby and Mavis at the quarry. As he was returning to the Mainland, he took a wrong turn near Cronk Abbey and ended up at the Ironworks where 'Arry and Bert threatened to scrap him.
* The China Clay Pits were destroyed by a landslide, and Bill and Ben were relocated to Ffarquhar Quarry.
* Events of season 5 happen, except for Toby and the Flood, Toby's Discovery, Oliver's Find and Rusty and the Boulder.

### 1961

* Salty, Harvey, Timothy and Marion arrived.
* Thomas rediscovered Elizabeth in an old shed and was reunited with Sir Bertram. However she had drivers that were worse at their job than Sir Bertram. Enough with her complaining, they'd tried to have an engine crash into her, but as luck would have it for Elizabeth, she veered into an old shed nearby. But no one knew where she was.
* The Pack gains a new front loader called Jack.
* Thomas was sent flying along the Main Line with a jet engine.
* Alicia Botti the famous Italian opera singer came to Sodor. However, a mouse got into Annie's compartment and she was not happy.
* Events of season 6 happen, except for It's Only Snow, Scaredy Engines, Percy and the Haunted Mine, Buffer Bother, Toby Had a Little Lamb and Rusty Saves the Day.

### 1962

* Emily, Murdoch and Arthur arrived.
* The Duke and Duchess of Boxford visited Sodor with their private engine called Spencer. For the first time ever, Gordon had competition with another engine.
* Fergus gets buried in a landslide at the quarry.
* Sodor encountered its worst storm in decades.
* Mr. Percival opens a new extension on the Skarloey Railway to Ulfstead, which is in the Heart of Sodor, with Hawin Lake as the middle station at the crossover near the Peel Godred line. A new station called Lakeside Park was also built on its individual branch.
* Lord Harry and Alaric arrived on the Culdee Fell Railway, which allowed Culdee and Shane Dooiney to be sent away to Switzerland to be overhauled.
* Events of season 7 happen, except for Percy Gets It Right, What's the Matter with Henry? and Rheneas and the Roller Coaster.

### 1963

* Thomas had to fill in for Bill and Ben at Ffarquhar Quarry after one of their tricks backfired.
* Gordon was invited to a railway gala on the Mainland, so James and Emily took over the express.
* Events of season 8 and Jack and the Sodor Construction Company happen, except for Thomas and the Tuba, Percy's New Whistle, Henry and the Wishing Tree, James Gets a New Coat, Thomas, Emily and the Snowplough, Don't Tell Thomas, Gordon Takes Charge, Squeak, Rattle and Roll, Thomas and the Circus, Thomas Gets It Right, Fish, You Can Do It, Toby!, Chickens to School and Percy and the Magic Carpet.

### 1964

* NWR celebrates its 50th anniversary.
* Neville, Dennis and Rosie arrived.
* Mighty Mac arrived on the Skarloey Railway.
* Events of season 9 and Jack and the Sodor Construction Company happened. (except for most of the episodes from the official show's ninth to twelfth season)

### 1965

* Billy, Charlie, Rocky and Sidney arrived.
* The Skarloey Railway celebrates its 100th anniversary. After 27 years, Freddie returns to Sodor with Duke, who had been away for six years for a major overhaul and they double headed a train which created a huge increase in passengers to see both former MSR engines, along with some of the former rolling stock that was previously used on the boat expresses.
* Great Waterton was rediscovered by Thomas, and Stanley arrived to help take over Thomas' passenger duties on his branch line and later became a shunter at Knapford.
* Flora was bought to run the tramway to Vicarstown.
* As the Duke and Duchess of Boxford were building their summerhouse, Thomas rediscovers Hiro in an old siding after he broke down, and he was overhauled and sent back to Japan.
* Events of season 10 happen. (except for most of the episodes from the official show's thirteenth to sixteenth season)

### 1966

* A new Search and Rescue Centre was built, and Belle and Flynn arrived to join the rescue team.
* Paxton, Den, Dart and Norman arrived.
* Thomas and Winston rediscover an old open top coach left in a siding that Edward pulled Sir Bertram in during his childhood. The coach was restored and it's now in regular service on the Ulfstead Estate Railway.
* Ulfstead Castle was restored by Sir Robert Norramby and the new extension from Ffarquhar on Thomas' branch line had been opened on the same day as well. Stephen received an overhaul at the Steamworks, and now runs the Estate Railway with Millie.
* Events of season 11 happen, except for Henry's Hero.

### 1967

* Gator comes to Sodor and befriends Percy.
* Rosie is repainted from pink to red and she became the Vicarstown pilot engine after saving Daisy from a damaged bridge.
* A landslide at the China Clay Pits reveals a long forgotten dinosaur skeleton. The skeleton is now on display at Tidmouth Town Hall.
* Events of season 12 happen, except for Signals Crossed.

### 1968

* Duck was reunited with his slip coaches from his days on the Great Western Railway when Sir Bertram purchased them to cater passenger demand on the Little Western.
* Sir Robert Norramby constructs a dinosaur park at Ulfstead Castle.
* Samson arrived from the Mainland and found it hard to pull 18 trucks.
* Events of season 13 happen, except for Helping Hiro and Henry Spots Trouble.

### 1969

* The Miniature Arlesdale Railway opened.

## 1970s

### 1970

* Philip arrives and began as a pilot engine at Knapford. He had a race with Gordon.
* The Christmas episodes of season 13 happen.

### 1971

* The line to Harwick was extended from Arlesburgh West with ex-GNR Ryan looking after goods and Daisy was relocated from Ffarquhar to help out with passenger services on the new extension.
* Events of season 14 happen, except for Diesel and the Ducklings.

### 1972

* Marion rediscovers Glynn whilst clearing snow on Thomas' Branch Line. Bertram is amazed with his rediscovery and he has him overhauled at the Steamworks. Glynn joins Stephen on the Estate Railway.
* The Christmas episodes of season 14 happen.

### 1973

* The Great Railway Show was held over on the Mainland. It was a celebration of railway technology from the days of steam to electricity with engines from all parts of the world.
* Bertram was ill, so his mother took over the railway. She messed a few things up at first, but Emily showed her how to run it smoothly.
* Culdee and Shane Dooiney return to Sodor after an overhaul.
* Events of season 15 happen, except for The Fastest Red Engine on Sodor, A Shed for Edward, Cranky at the End of the Line, A New Crane on the Dock and Emily in the Middle.

### 1974

* The NWR celebrates its 60th anniversary.
* Two researchers called Ian and Andy took Thomas on a worldwide tour.
* Rebecca arrived to take over Thomas' duties, and Nia was saved by Thomas from the Kenya Uganda Railway. She now runs goods duties on the Brendam branch.
* Nia had her first encounter with Bill and Ben and an elephant.
* Marion and Ned discover their unique personalities.
* Nia encounters Christmas for the first time.

### 1975

* Ryan had trouble with his smokebox, so Billy returned to help out Daisy on the Harwick branch.
* Connor had a near collision with Bertie due to his excess speed.
* Rebecca causes stress towards Murdoch.
* A fire broke out at the Vicarage Orchard.
* Mike discovers Smudger behind the former MSR shed at Arlesdale, who tells Mike what happens if you become reckless.
* A film crew came to Sodor to produce a railway safety film. James didn't know that he had to do unintentional derailments.

### 1976

* A new rail speeder called Sandy was purchased to inspect tracks along the Skarloey Railway.
* James (52) returned to Sodor from the National Railway Museum. He now helps out Arthur with fish trains on the Norramby branch.