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James Bond in the 1960s

Return to James Bond in the 1950s

April 11, 1960: "For Your Eyes Only"

December 27, 1960: Maryam d'Abo ("Kara Milovy") is born

February 11, 1961: Carey Lowell ("Pam Bouvier") is born

March 27, 1961: "Thunderball"

April 14, 1961: Robert Carlyle ("Victor 'Renard' Zokas) is born

July 12, 1961: Caroline Bliss ("Miss Moneypenny") is born

September 21, 1961: Serena Scott Thomas ("Dr Molly Warmflash") is born

November 27, 1961: Samantha Bond ("Miss Moneypenny") is born

January 23, 1962: David Arnold (composer of five Bond scores) is born

1962: The Harvard Lampoon's "Alligator"

April 16, 1962: "The Spy Who Loved Me"

August 6, 1962: Michelle Yeoh ("Wai Lin") is born

October 5, 1962: Bond on film, 'Dr No'

December 6, 1962: Colin Salmon ("Charles Robinson") is born

April 1, 1963: "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"

April, 1963: "Bond Strikes Camp" by Cyril Connolly

September 3, 1963: Serena Gordon ("Caroline") is born

October 11, 1963: Bond on film, 'From Russia, With Love'

March 26, 1964: "You Only Live Twice"

August, 1964: 'Double O Seven, James Bond, A Report' by O F Snelling

August 12, 1964: Ian Fleming dies

September 18, 1964: Bond on film, 'Goldfinger'

November 5, 1964: Famke Janssen ("Xenia Onatopp") is born

November 29, 1964: "Holmes Meets 007" by Donald Stanley

December 8, 1964: Teri Hatcher ("Paris Carver") is born

January 27, 1965: Alan Cumming ("Boris Grishenko") is born

1965: 'The James Bond Dossier' and 'The Book Of Bond Or Every Man His Own 007', both by Kingsley Amis

April 1, 1965: "The Man With The Golden Gun"

September 19, 1965: Goldie ("Bull") is born

December 21/29, 1965: Bond on film, 'Thunderball'

June 23, 1966: "Octopussy and The Living Daylights"

November 11, 1966: Alison Doody ("Jenny Flex") is born

November 17, 1966: Sophie Marceau ("Elektra King") is born

1967: "The Adventures Of James Bond Junior, 003½" by R D Mascott

April 13, 1967: Bond on film, 'Casino Royale'

June 6, 1967: Bond on film, 'You Only Live Twice'

November 22, 1967: Bond on film, 'Operation Kid Brother' (aka 'OK Connery') (US release)

March 28, 1968: "Colonel Sun" by Kingsley Amis

May, 1968: Bond on film, 'Operation Kid Brother' (aka 'OK Connery') (UK release)

December 18, 1969: Bond on film, 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'

Go to James Bond in the 1970s
Franklin Merve

**Franklin Merve** was the owner of Coal Mining Co. He was known to be a stubborn man and a penny-pincher.

## Biography

Franklin Merve was the owner of the Coal Mining Company, which is one of the Sudrian industries that does not close during the winter. He calculated that it would be cheaper to pay a shunting free instead of purchasing an Engine for his Company. This left the Midis and the Nor’easters to argue about who would use the chutes first with Trucks being left everywhere. When it got so messy, a board forced Franklin Merve purchase an engine for the Company and her name was Kate.

When his workers went on strike in September 1938, his stubbornness in his meeting with union officials went nowhere, causing the strike to drag on for weeks. However, after several weeks, the strike ended.
Amityville II: The Possession (1982)

#### *"The night of February 5, 1976, George and Kathleen Lutz fled their home in Amityville, New York. They got out alive! Their living nightmare shocked audiences around the world in "The Amityville Horror." But before them, another family lived in this house and were caught by the original evil. They weren't so lucky... this is their story!"*

***Amityville II: The Possession*** is a 1982 Mexican-American supernatural horror film directed by Damiano Damiani. The screenplay by Tommy Lee Wallace is based on the novel Murder in Amityville by the parapsychologist Hans Holzer. It is a prequel to The Amityville Horror, set at 112 Ocean Avenue and featuring the fictional Montelli family loosely based on the DeFeo family. The cast includes Academy Award nominee Burt Young, who was known for Rocky at the time. This film includes one of Young's rare darker roles as he plays an abusive and sadistic father/husband in contrast to his more easygoing roles. It is the second installment in the Amityville franchise.

Amityville II set the pattern for low-budget sequels with little reference to real-life events in Amityville, and is the only film in the series besides the original that features music composed by Lalo Schifrin.

While a prequel, Amityville II contradicts the opening of the 1979 film which shows the family massacre, and like the actual event they are all sleeping. The bodies are also removed from the house in the morning, but in the first film, it's in the middle of the night.

Some of the family drama in the film did happen to the Defeos, but are exaggerated. The story introduces speculative and controversial themes, including an incestuous relationship between Sonny Montelli and his teenaged sister, who are based loosely on Ronald DeFeo Jr. and his sister, Dawn and a rumoured incestuous relationship.

Though supposedly set one year before the first Amityville Horror film, Amityville II is full of elements that are clearly from the 1980s, such as a miniature "Walkman" radio/headphone set and the presence of 1982 cars, televisions, etc.

The movie was released on September 24, 1982.
Amanda

"*And I got to tell ya, that surprised me very much so because quite a few comments posted in that episode suggested that she be brought back at a later date in a ghost story and that she reconciles with James. And like I said, I was totally unprepared for that kind of response, just the sheer magnitude of comments asking for Amanda to return in a ghost story. So naturally of course I'm going to have to do that now!*"
— Victor Tanzig, Greetings and Salutations 17

## Character Information

### Relatives:

Edward (possible brother)
Mickey (possible brother)
James (partner)

### Color:

Saturated Amethyst

**Amanda** was James' partner who used to work on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

## Biography

Amanda used to work with James on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on its eastern division. One of their typical jobs was delivering shipments from a factory near their line. One day they were both assigned to handle a large delivery which included some Gun Batteries. One day, James had to shunt one, and Amanda was near it. James slowly bumped the Rail Gun and it fired. A month later, James regained consciousness at the Works where his manager told him that the factory had been destroyed, 43 people were killed and Amanda had been scrapped.

In 1939, during Sodor's militarisation, James told Gordon, Percy and Diesel about Amanda and why he was acting skittish when he noticed the railguns.

## Persona

Not much is known about Amanda's personality, other than the fact that she was James' girlfriend. It is assumed that she was friendly and hard-working.

## Livery

Amanda was painted Purple with yellow linings and Purple wheels which is really uncommon for a Locomotive.

## Basis

Strangely, despite Amanda being said to have come from the L&YR, she is more loosely based on a Furness Railway design, the K2 Class. Edward, his brothers, and Mickey are also based on this engine.

## Appearances

### Stories of Sodor

#### Season 2

* Armaments *(does not speak)*
* Affection *(does not speak)*
Elsbridge Harbour

"*Elsbridge Harbour was a project conceived under the Sodor construction scheme.*"
— Edward, Fire

## History

Elsbridge Harbour was a part of the Sodor Construction Scheme during the Great Depression to get people back into the workforce.

In 1954, the project took a lot of heavy blows, with mechanic and building malfunctions and errors in the process, so they brought Percy on to the scene of the project to help shift building materials by rail, and sent Trevor onto the scene to run over the road and flatten them out, making them smooth for road transportation, and by 1955, the issues were resolved and in 1956, the project was finally complete.

## Town Information

The population of Elsbridge is around 4,500 and it had a station in it, which was formerly managed by Alexander Jeffreys, before he passed during the War due to a heart attack.

Thomas and Percy have both been noticed running through Elsbridge Harbour during the  Stories of Sodor, and it is across the hillside from the helicopter pad, where Harold a white helicopter is stationed.

## Trivia

* The Project was halted for a while because James was stuck at the Callan Yards, waiting for the turntable to be fixed, and Donald to move off his only possible exit line.

## Appearances

### The Stories of Sodor

#### Season 1

* Fire
* Goods *(mentioned in the old version)*
* Branch Lines
Castle

Castle is the 22nd Sodor Short.

## Plot

An unknown force occupies Ulfstead Castle and the engines must reclaim it. What could possibly go wrong?

## Characters

* Edward
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Toby
* Eric
* Diesel
* Station Master Jeffries
* The Five French Trucks
* The Evil Duck
* Atlas *(cameo)*
* Falcon *(cameo)*
* Stuart *(cameo)*

## Trivia

* "Castle" is a parody of the "French Taunting" scene from *Monty Python and the Holy Grail*.
* This short celebrate 10,000 Subscribers.
* A reference to the JBS Group is made.
Candidate

**Candidate** is the 110th Sodor Short.

## Plot

Eric asks what Diesel wants to “be his what”, to which Diesel says he wants to be his election agent. Eric ask what it is, which Diesel explains that if he wants to be elected, he should do as he says. Eric then wonders why he would want to be electrocuted, which Diesel again corrects. He explains that he if he was elected, he would be in charge. Eric remarks that Diesel just said he would tell him what to do, and ponders if that will still happen if he is elected. Diesel dismisses this, and then Eric asks what they need to do.

He then finds a computer and begins to fill in an election form, starting with Eric’s first name, but he doesn’t know his last name. But he then adds that it might be “fuck off” since everybody said it when he arrived, already knowing who he was. Diesel accepts this and fills the firm with an F. He dismisses distinguishing features as Eric doesn’t have any. Eric asks if all the green stuff all over him could be counted, which Diesel explains is just his paint. He fills in Eric’s education level as not applicable and intelligence rating as vegetable. Next is criminal record, which Eric says he doesn’t have, but Diesel reminds him of something that happened last year at Thanksgiving, which he doesn’t remember. Diesel notes that someone in the comments will. He also noted they can’t add in the form, and instead fills it in with: fraud, embezzlement, perjury, soliciting, indecent exposure and sexual harassment. The next point is the minimum bribe level, which Eric says is a jar of Vegemite, which he uses in his cooking. Confused, Diesel asks if that was his secret ingredient in the blueberry muffins. Eric confirms this and asks what he thought of them. Diesel affirms that they tasted good, despite shivering over what he just said. Afterwards, Diesel says they need to film his election ad.

Cecil calls for action of filming and Eric says only two lines: "Hello! Vote for me!". Cecil then cuts the filming. He then turns to Diesel and asks if he’s sure about it. He affirms this and adds that there are a few things people find more adorable then a lovable idiot. Eric feels a bit offended, but Diesel says it was a compliment. Still uncertain, Eric questions if he doesn’t need to say things like what politicians would say about doing things. Diesel notes that all politicians always talk and never do anything. Eric says that’s just it, that he himself doesn’t say anything and wonder why people would vote for him. Diesel notes that they would if they like him and that politics is a popularity contest. And that campaigns are based on personality and not policies. It’s also how they could win the election, alongside their secret weapon. Eric asks if they’re going to cheat, which Diesel praises him for being smarter then he gave him credit for. Eric says that is the nicest thing someone has said to him.

## Characters

* Eric
* Diesel
* Cecil

## Trivia

* A reference to the short Thankful is made.
Adulthood

**Adulthood** is the 154th Sodor Short.

Adulthood/Transcript

## Plot

JJ is now grown up and is preparing to join a space shuttle into space as part of his job of being an astronaut. He and James share their goodbyes and he wishes him good luck before JJ departs. Some time later, the news reveals the space shuttle crashed and everyone onboard was killed. Just then Rosie appears, having been released from prison. She asks where JJ is, and James starts to ramble about it being a funny story.

## Characters

* James
* Rosie
* James Junior
Atlas

**Atlas** is an ex-MSR mine engine who now works on the Skarloey Railway.

## Biography

Atlas was built in 1884 to assist Duke on the Mid-Sodor Railway. He primarily worked at it's slate quarry.

Unfortunately for Atlas and his friends, the Mid Sodor Railway experienced great hardship after the Peel Godred Branch Line opened in 1953 and only managed to stay in service up to a little over a year afterwards. Almost immediately after the Mid Sodor Railway was finally forced to shut down, the now-former MSR engines were all sold to the Skarloey Railway, including Atlas.

## Persona

Atlas is a caring, loyal, and hardworking engine who will never settle for "good enough". He will stick around for a chat, but will always make sure his work is done to perfection.

## Livery

Atlas is painted in brown with a red running board.

## Appearances

### The Stories of Sodor

#### Season 1

* Legality *(does not speak)*
* Carriages
* Jinxed
* Luck

#### Season 3

* Industry
* Closure
* Fog *(not named; does not speak)*

#### Season 4

* Expansion
* Creature *(cameo)*
* Lamp
* Revelations
* Return *(cameo)*

#### Sodor Shorts

* Castle *(cameo)*
* Update *(in the new intro)*
* Idiom
* Tyranny *(cameo)*
* Propaganda *(cameo)*
* Unexpected

#### Sodor Specials

* Non-Faceless Vehicles *(cameo)*
* A History of its Railways *(cameo)*
Constituency

**Constituency** is the 111th Sodor Short.

## Plot

Bruce reveals a little known detail about Sodor’s political standing, namely, that it’s a rotten borough.

## Characters

* Eric
* Diesel
* Farmer McColl
* Gordon *(does not speak)*
* James *(does not speak)*
* Daisy *(does not speak)*
* Joey *(does not speak)*
* Edward *(cameo)*
* Donald and Douglas *(cameos)*
* Reginald *(cameo)*
* Geoffrey *(cameo)*
* Salty *(cameo)*
* Winston *(cameo)*
* Spencer *(cameo)*
* Bertie *(cameo)*

## Trivia

* A couple of times in this short, Diesel pretends to be people who say "But Bruce, you [insert nickname], [insert question]?", to which he responds each time with "Well, my [term to describe each person who asked]...". This is a reference to a couple of scenes from Editorial, where Victor does the same thing.
Charlie

**Charlie** is a cheeky purple engine.

## Biography

### Sodor Shorts

In Sins, Charlie killed Gordon, James, Dennis and Daisy as they represented four of the seven deadly sins (gluttony, pride, sloth and lust).

## Persona

Charlie loves to tell jokes and play tricks.

## Livery

Charlie is painted purple with white lining, brass fittings and red wheels. His number 14 is painted on the sides of his cab in gold with white bordering and he has brass nameplates on the sides of his saddle tank with his name painted on them in white.

## Basis

Charlie is based on a Manning Wardle L Class 0-6-0ST. Billy shares the same basis.
Escape

Escape/Transcript

**Escape** is the 64th Sodor Short.

## Plot

During the war in Germany, the Nazis fought hard against the Allied invasion, with their Field Marshal Hermann von Ribbenthrop, more commonly known as the Black Baron. The 110th Platoon had squared off against his forces, who were those that had ambushed them, resulting in Thomas and Douglas being stranded behind enemy lines and were actually captured and sent to a prisoner of war camp.

Ribbenthrop personally greets them and kisses them on their cheeks. He questions them about 370 prisoners escaping from the camp the night before, having been smuggled out in laundry baskets; He had learnt this from a list that was recovered from the laundry. Thomas had written it down so he wouldn't forget, but forgot to get rid of it. Suddenly, the prisoners reveal themselves and Ribbenthrop orders them to fire, but they miss. He orders them to try again, but Thomas stops them because he counts 360 prisoners instead of 370. After counting, Ribbenthrop agrees with Thomas and demands to know where the others are and Douglas points over to him, but when he turns around the prisoners are gone. Thomas then points to Ribbenthrop where the prisoners went, and when Ribbenthrop turns to look, Thomas is gone. Douglas turns Ribbenthrop's attention to a newly married interracial homosexual couple admiring the Führer, and when Ribbenthrop turns to look, Douglas is gone, having left behind some dynamite and a note, "From Scotland with love". The dynamite then blows up. Thomas then tells the audience the moral of the story: Like, Share and Subscribe.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Douglas
* Edward *(narration only; cameo)*
* Henry *(cameo)*
* Gordon *(cameo)*
* Lily *(cameo)*
* Peter *(cameo)*
Experiment

**Experiment** is the 105th Sodor Short.

## Plot

James declares that *we* have waited and proceeds to ask Whiff what he has been working on. Whiff asks him if he knows what a VPN is, which James confirms, having seen all the ads and sponsorships. Whiff declares it great and cuts to the chase: the experiment will answer if it is possible to use all the VPNs at once. James is at first confused and Whiff elaborates by informing that he bought every VPN on the market and installed them on the computer in front of him. He has further set them all up in different countries, and will activate them all simultaneously and record the results. James states that he is actually curious of what will happen. The experiment goes ahead, only for the computer to get fried up. Whiff calls it anticlimatic, to which James agrees. He then asks Whiff how he went through 153 test subjects to test all the VPNs, which Whiff says he didn't. He adds that it was a seperate experiment, where he wanted to see how many people were allergic to nuts. He rounded up several thousands of cashew nuts and dumped them in the island's water supply. James adds if he knows that everyone on the Sodor Council is "deathly" allergic to nuts, just as all the councilmembers drop at the council building. As a consequence, Whiff is sent to Rail Gate, swearing "oh nuts" as the gates close on him.

## Characters

* James
* Whiff
Andrew Hodges

Andrew Hodges is a member of the Department of Transport.

## Biography

Mr. Hodges was one of many members of the Department of Transport that The Fat Controller met with in his meeting offering his plans for British Railways. He was the one that Sir Topham had the most speaking with and is assumed to have been responsible for the press leaks in Controller.

Later in Trial, he was Peter's attorney as he stated that he was a defense attorney before he joined the department of transport. Afterwards when he was speaking with Peter, he stated he was not responsible for the press leaks.

In Modernisation he made a cameo as one of the many members of British Railways discussing the Modernisation plan.

## Appearances

### The Stories of Sodor

#### Season 3

* Controller
* Trial
Buses

"*With Passenger services severely disrupted, more buses began arriving on The Island to compensate...* "
— Edward, Shunted

## Buses

Besides Bertie, The Sodor Bus Company owns other Buses who are all Single-Decker. They were seen around the Island of Sodor, used to carry and transport passengers. The single-decker buses are almost identical to Bertie, except they are faceless.

## Bio

The Buses arrived to help the passenger service on the Island of Sodor. But sometimes passengers prefer riding buses rather then Trains. However later the Buses and The Engines worked together to provide an efficient travelling experience.

## Livery

The buses are painted Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Black and White with red and green linings livery, two buses were painted scarlet and cream.

## Basis

The single-decker buses are based on the AEC Regal T Class London Country Area buses, very much like Bertie.

## References

1. http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/Buses#Model%20Series
Bert

**Bert**is a small blue tender engine who is the quietest engine on the Arlesdale Railway.

## Biography

Bert along with Mike came to the Railway after it replaced the Mid-Sodor Railway.

## Livery

Bert is painted blue with red and yellow lining. He has a brass dome, brass builder's plates on the sides of cab, red nameplates with gold writing mounted on each side of his boiler and "ARLESDALE" written on the sides of his tender in yellow. In the Railway Series his wheels are painted black.

## Basis

Bert is based on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway's River Irt.

## Appearances

### The Stories of Sodor

#### Sodor Shorts

* Song (cameo)
* Update (*in the new intro)*

#### Sodor Specials

* Non-Faceless Vehicles *(cameo)*
* A History of its Railways *(cameo)*
Bills

**Bills** is the 158th Sodor Short.

Bills/Transcript

## Plot

Gordon expresses his frustration over paying bills and Eric suggests helping Gordon with the bills, since he has "experience" in budgeting (using road killer's food). Gordon gives Eric the bills he has to pay, with the last one being child support. Gordon questions how he is going to pay all the bills. Eric suggests robbing a bank, but Gordon dismisses the idea. Eric then suggests robbing people or being a hold-up man. Gordon is hesitant, but when Eric asks him if he wants to pay the bills the easy or the right way, Gordon decides to go along, thinking they can get a few videos out of the plan.

## Characters

* Gordon
* Eric
* Bill *(does not speak)*
* Billy *(does not speak)*
Brendam

**Brendam** is a town located at the extreme south of the western shore of Suddery Bay with a population of 4,500 and is home to **Brendam Docks**. It is the top station of the Brendam Branch Line and an important harbour. Drollan also resides here.

## History

The village had grown up around the mouth of a small river. St. Brendan's Church (the only church on the island dedicated to the 6th century missionary), though small, has a conspicuous 15th century tower standing slightly apart from the main building. It was erected as a landmark to guide boats along the only safe channel by which to enter the harbour.

In 1886, the Wellsworth & Suddery Railway extended their line down the peninsula from their main station at Wellsworth to Suddery and Brendam. The China Clay pits, some two to three miles northwest of the town, had opened in 1915. The Clay Pits closed down in 1948 due to flooding but were reopened in the winter of 1958 after acquiring Bill and Ben.
Burke and Blair

"*What made this year especially rough was the presence of Burke and Blair, two inspectors from the LNER headquarters.* "
— Edward, Quarantine

## Character Information

### Works at:

London and North Eastern Railway (formally)

**Jacob Burke** and **Tony Blair** were two inspectors from the London and North Eastern Railway head quarters who had bad reputations among the engines.

## Biography

They tried to convince Mr. Star to take Toby out of service because they were convinced that the tram was too old to still be working. However, they failed and Mr. Star decided to give Toby a complete overhaul.

Burke then went to the Mid-Sodor Railway where Andreas hissed steam at him for crushing a cigarette into the chair of one of his coaches. He and Blair then launched an investigation into the LNER's operations on Sodor, but after it was revealed that Burke was having an affair with a woman at King Orry's Bridge, he lost his job and got divorced from his wife, and the investigation ended.

Burke later returned in December 1938 to get revenge on the Engines of Sodor for ruining his life. He managed to cause Thomas and Andreas to crash; however, when an accident occurred involving Henry where a guard was killed; many folks believed he set up the accident, including his mistress who turned him in, and he was promptly sentenced to life in prison.

In 1945, Blair was found outside Berlin Germany alongside Oliver and Toad, who were tasked with radio-tapping on communications in hopes to track down Josef Mengele.

## Personas

Burke and Blair are stuck-up, obnoxious, and snooty. On his return in 1938, Burke had been very hostile towards the railways, committing destructive acts of sabotage. However, following the war, Blair is helpful, and even polite.

## Trivia

* Burke and Blair are presented as Their Counterparts from TUGS, albeit humanized. They even share the same names.
* Blair's first name "Tony" is a reference to the prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1997-2007.

## Appearances

### The Stories of Sodor

#### Season 1

* Quarantine
* Carriages *(Burke only; Blair does not speak)*

#### Season 2

* Visitor *(mentioned)*
* Sabotage *(do not speak)*

#### Stories of War

* Atrocity *(Blair only; Burke was mentioned)*

## References

* https://tugs.wikia.com/wiki/Burke\_and\_Blair
Dennis

"*BLUDGER!!!*"
— Edward, Bludger

**Dennis** was a lazy diesel shunter.

## Biography

In Nationalisation, Dennis appears in the last shot along with Bear, Diesel 199 and Derek. They are seen working as Edward mentions how British Railways lasted nearly fifty years with its pros and cons and how it is a story for a very distant day.

Dennis makes another appearance in Animosity. By 1960, he, Splatter and Dodge were among the diesels that took over Oliver and Duck's old branch line. They gave the Great Westerners a poor impression of diesels by not only breaking down regularly but also never expressing gratitude when helped, sometimes even going so far as to mock them.

In Non-Faceless Vehicles, Dennis is shown opting for a Final Firing, as it is the only option truly available to him. Edward explains that this is a valid reason behind a non-faceless vehicle choosing to die. Although it is not shown, it's likely that he was scrapped afterwards, as that is what happens after a Final Firing.

## Persona

Dennis was considered to be a very lazy diesel who tried to take advantage of others and depend on them to do his work. Dennis often created excuses to get out of work, but usually got caught in his lies, and always said sorry - but whether or not he meant it is the question.

## Livery

Dennis was painted grey with dark grey wheels, gearboxes, roof and front. The number "11001" was painted on his sides in white.

## Basis

Dennis was based on No. 11001, a prototype Bulleid diesel built at Ashford Works, England in 1949 and scrapped in 1959. He also carries his basis' number.

## Appearances

### The Stories of Sodor

#### Sodor Shorts

* Bludger
* Sloth
Eliza

"*"Pipe down Number 1!"*"
— Eliza telling Thomas to be quiet, Shunted

**Eliza** is a black saddle tank engine who works for the Railway Police and later MI5, alongside Joey and Lenny.

## Biography

She helped Joey and Lenny crackdown on smuggling and bring smugglers to justice. She also works as a prison guard engine at Rail Gate Prison, where she shunted Kate after the latter got six days for breaching quarantine regulations. When Thomas asked Kate what she was doing at Rail Gate, Eliza firmly told him to be quiet, only referring to him by number.

In Trial, she, Joey and Lenny came to arrest Peter for war crimes.

## Livery

Eliza is painted in a black livery with red lining and a bronze dome. She also has the number 65 painted yellow on her bunker sides.

## Basis

Eliza is based on the GWR Avonside 0-4-0ST, particularly based on GWR 1340 *Trojan* with the bunker of a GWR 1361. Percy is another member of this class.

## Appearances

### The Stories of Sodor

#### Season 2

* Smuggling *(cameo)*
* Shunted

#### Season 3

* Services *(does not speak)*
* Trial *(does not speak)*

#### Sodor Shorts

* Underage *(cameo)*
* Kidnapping *(cameo)*

## Behind the Scenes

Eliza's model is a modified version of a reskin of SI3D's 2006 Percy Model, called Percy The Green Engine War Livery, made by UltraOrbNWR and hosted on SudrianRails3D. It can be found here: https://modeljames6.wixsite.com/sudrianrails3d/ultraorb

## See Also

**Rail Gate Prison**

*\* = Crime Unknown*

 Residents/Workers

**GWR**

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Ffarquhar Quarry

"*At the end of the Branch Line is the Anopha Quarry...*"
— Edward, Legality

**Ffarquhar Quarry** is a quarry located at the end of the Ffarquhar Branch Line in the foothills of the Anopha Fell Mountain where engines take away stone and deliver supplies to it and its engine named Clive, from the Sodor and Mainland Railway, worked here and has been a good friend to the engines. Mavis now works here starting in 1965.

## History

After the Ffarquhar Branch Line was completed in 1918, the Sodor and Mainland engine Clive extended the line from Ffarquhar to the Quarry, which had just been opened by the Anopha Family. Around the time of the quarry's opening, Thomas and Toby helped deliver the rock crushers to the quarry. Annually, at the start of September, the Quarry would conduct blasting. Since it was on the Ffarquhar Branch, it was handled by the London and North Eastern Railway until 1948.

During the late 1950s and early 1960s, contrary to the main branch line, which saw a significant decline in goods and passenger traffic, the quarry became consistently busy, even when one of the rock crushers broke down in 1963.

## Appearances

### The Stories of Sodor

#### Season 1

* Legality
* Goods *(mentioned)*
* Branch Lines

#### Season 2

* Trapped
* Sabotage

#### Season 4

* Aviation
* Beeching
* Storm *(mentioned)*
* Return
Bob

"*This is Bob. A large boulder that once sat just outside Crosby. It's been called the Stonehenge of Sodor due to the intense mystery surrounding it.*"
— Edward, Trapped

## Character Information

### Color:

Grey

Bob was a boulder who appeared in Season 2.

## Biography

Bob was a popular tourist attraction and landmark on the Island of Sodor, along with his twin boulder, Val. Both boulders sat on opposing hills near Crosby and Wellsworth. It's unknown how or where Bob got its name from, but tourists and locals would often say hello to the giant boulder for good luck. On a particularly rainy day in 1938, the ground beneath Bob was heavily inundated with water and subsided dramatically, causing Bob to roll down the hill and crash into a goods train being pulled by Colin and Diesel. Bob blocked the line on both ends, preventing the Nor'easters and Midis from passing to either side of it. Toby arranged for himself, Gordon, Henry, and Colin to form a battering ram, placing three of the surviving goods trucks, filled with heavy machine parts for the Mid-Sodor Railway, in front of them.

Toby's plan was to ram Bob off the line with the makeshift ram. The effort ultimately smashed the trucks and failed to move Bob off the line, which Gordon had predicted would happen. On the other side of the blockage, Diesel reluctantly went to Killdane to fetch the breakdown cranes after being pressured by Thomas, who thought Bob could be lifted off the tracks. In the end, Billy Shoepack, the demolitions expert from Franks & Sons Munitions, showed up at the site and talked Colin, Toby, Gordon, and Henry into allowing him to blow up Bob with carefully set munitions. Shoepack's explosives were placed haphazardly, resulting in the unintended consequence of a giant crater being blown into the mainline by the explosives as well as obliterating Bob out of existence. Following the incident, tour guides bringing visitors to Val, the surviving boulder, would claim Val would cry out in mourning on foggy nights to the spot where Bob once sat.

## Trivia

* He is the first faceless object to have a name.
* There is also an identical boulder named Val which people say is Bob's sister.
* Bob is presented as the tramp steamer being sent for scrap by Zorran and Zip during the in TUGS, during the episode titled "Trapped". He is also based on Boulder from the Season 5 episode of Thomas & Friends, titled "Rusty and the Boulder".
	+ Unlike Boulder in the TV series, Bob gets destroyed with explosives. This is in reference to the destruction of the tramp steamer in TUGS, which was also done using dynamite.
Andrew Leago

**Andrew Leago** is a guest voice actor who voiced Joshua in the Sodor Short Rivalry, and portrayed himself as a streamlined American diesel in the Sodor Short Thankful.

## Persona

Andrew seems to be a nice person who is thankful for everyone who has helped him along the way.

## Basis

His engine is based on a EMD FT built by General Motors.

## Appearances

### Sodor Shorts

* Rivalry *(voices Joshua in short)*
* Epiphany *(mentioned)*
* Thankful

## Trivia

* Andrew helped to reskin Victor Tanzig's engine, along with Nick Boggia.
* He has his own YouTube channel known as ThomasFormersWars101.
Assumption

**Assumption** is the 72nd Sodor Short.

Assumption/Transcript

## Plot

Gordon makes an assumption about the "secret ingredient" Eric has used in his chocolate chip cookies. Is he right or wrong?

## Characters

* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Eric
* Joey
* The Fat Controller
* Lenny *(cameo)*
* Percy *(mentioned)*
* Whiff *(mentioned)*

## Trivia

* The opening dialogue of this short is a reference to the famous "I am your father" scene from Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back.
* Eric requesting to make his "galloping sausage surprise" is a callback to Ingredients.
Elsbridge & Knapford Railway

## Elsbridge and Knapford Railway

The Elsbridge and Knapford Railway was one of the three original Standard Railways on Island of Sodor. It was operational from 1904 to 1923 when it was merged to become part of the London and North Eastern Railway and again into North Western Railway in 1948.

## History

The railway started construction in the autumn of 1904 after the Harwick Tramway closed, meaning the E&K were meant to buy Toby, a highly experienced engine on the cheap. He was shipped from Harwick to Brendam, (getting a cold reception from the W&S crew for the same reason they got one from the S&M.) Toby spent the next year, laying the track from Crosby to Elsbridge.

The Crovan's Gate Workshop opened in 1903, and built coaches and trucks for their company. Thomas was built for the company as well in 1905. He set to work assisting Toby to extend the line to Knapford, finishing in 1907, the year Edward would arrive. After he repainted and numbered, he set to work as the passenger engine for the company with Thomas and Toby showing him how to handle goods work.

In 1923, the Elsbridge and Knapford Railway was merged into a part of the London and North Eastern Railway.

## Trivia

* The Railway is named The **Tidmouth, Knapford and**Elsbridge Light **Railway** in the Railway Series.
* It's trackbed now forms Thomas' Branch Line up to Elsbridge and the segment of the Main Line between Tidmouth and Knapford.
Drollan

**Drollan** is a tugboat who works at Brendam docks on Sodor.

## Livery

Drollan is painted in black and brown livery with white linings. He has a little chimney painted in grey, black and brown livery.

## Appearances

### The Stories of Sodor

#### Season 1

* Branch Lines
* Scrap *(cameo)*
* Cows *(mentioned)*

#### Season 2

* Strike
* Spectre *(cameo)*

#### Season 4

* Diplomacy *(cameo)*
* Storm *(mentioned)*

#### Season 5

* Munitions *(cameo)*
* Fallout *(cameo)*

#### Sodor Shorts

* Why *(cameo)*
* Update *(in the new intro)*
* Prank
* Glitch

#### Sodor Specials

* Non-Faceless Vehicles *(cameo)*
* A History of its Railways *(cameo)*
Francis (Truck)

## Francis

**Francis** is a Grey van who works on the mainland.

## Biography

Francis was a van that was carrying smuggled goods in himself in 1938. At the time of this, he revealed to Joey that he heard a rumor that a workmen was in the smuggling business.

## Livery

Like Mike, Francis is in an NWR Pewter Grey Livery, with Shadow Grey Van linings.
Found

**Found** is the 73rd Sodor Short.

## Plot

James has found two very peculiar items and claims one for himself. What could go wrong?

## Characters

* James
* Whiff
* Eric

## Trivia

* The short was removed on July 19, 2021 after complaints of the use of the word "retard" stirred up. Found is now, ironically, lost.
	+ Victor uploaded the video "Apology" the next day as an apology.
Furness Railway Engines

"*Most of the engines who ran on it were non faceless...*"
— Edward, Furness

Besides Edward, Winston, and Albert, The Furness Railway owned more Engines who were Faceless.

## Biography

These engines ran the Furness Railway but they were faceless, unlike Edward, Winston, and Albert. After the railway closed, they were bought up by the Government for the newly created Fire and Rescue Service.

## Livery

They were painted in Furness Railway's Indian red livery with black lining, the letters "FR" written in yellow on their tender sides.

## Basis

The Engines are based on FR K2 class locomotives. Edward, Mickey, and Amanda are other members of this class.

## Trivia

* Victor Tanzig mistakenly said that the engines are Non-Faceless.
* He later cleared up any confusion in the Season 3 episode, Industry.

## Appearances

### The Stories of Sodor

#### Season 3

* Industry
* Services
Advertisement

**Advertisement** is the 67th Sodor Short.

## Plot

Some of the engines find themselves inexplicable transported to a new location all in the name of publicity.

## Characters

* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* Percy
* Douglas
* Diesel
* Joe
* Ben
* Nathan
* Tribal
* David
* Andrew
* Victor *(not seen)*

## Trivia

* This short was made to advertise Joe and Squad's reaction to the Stories of War, coming May 28, at 5:00 pm.
* This is the first time Victor Tanzig used Train Simulator.
Glitch

**Glitch** is the 146th Sodor Short.

Glitch/Transcript

## Plot

The short opens with Gordon backing down onto the Express at Knapford, but when he buffers up to them, he ends up on the station roof. Whiff then tells the audience that as a consequence of him incorporating video game achievements into the game, glitches have started happening. To fix this, he has to identify every glitch he finds and lists as a bug report.

After finding every single glitch in the game, he puts them into his computer. However, this results in Emily escaping prison without a face, to Henry's annoyance. Whiff is about to help when he gets a notification and he has to go to his freebie appointment with Percy. He joins up with Percy and they get started.

## Characters

* Thomas *(as a giant engine)*
* Henry
* Gordon
* Percy
* Toby
* Duck
* Douglas
* Whiff
* Diesel *(as a midget)*
* Bill and Ben
* Molly
* Adam
* Terence
* Drollan
* The Fat Controller
* Emily *(does not speak)*
* Murdoch *(as a German engine; does not speak)*
* Harold *(does not speak)*

## Trivia

* This marks Terence and Harold's first appearances in a Sodor Short.
* Adam is the second character to be brought back to life in a Sodor Short, the first one being Colin.
* In a couple of glitches, Whiff briefly switches back to his original model from the videos filmed in Trainz: A New Era.
* As a running gag in this short, Whiff exclaims “Bug report!” after spotting the following gltiches:
	+ The ground below Terence being made of wires.
	+ Harold inside The Fat Controller's car.
	+ Toby moving sideways.
	+ Diesel turning into a midget (which is actually Mini Bruce's model).
	+ Murdoch turning into a German engine (in this case, Whiff exclaims “Fehlerbericht”, which is German for “bug report”.)
	+ Adam being brought back to life.
	+ Thomas becoming a giant engine.
	+ Everything around Molly being upside down.
	+ The river around Drollan being on fire.
	+ Duck being painted orange (which is a callback to Glutton).
	+ Douglas being painted pink (again).
	+ Bill and Ben's face packs being swapped (much to Whiff’s confusion, as they both look the same).
Baldwin Locomotive works

"*I was built in 1917 at Baldwin Locomotive works at Pennsylvania ...*"
— Stanley (No. 2)

The **Baldwin Locomotive Works** was an American manufacturer of railroad locomotives from 1831 to 1956. Originally located in Philadelphia, it moved to nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania, in the early 20th century. The company was for decades the world's largest producer of steam locomotives but struggled to compete as demand switched to diesel locomotives. Baldwin produced the last of its 75,000+ locomotives in 1956 and went out of business in 1972. Stanley was built here.

## References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin\_Locomotive\_Works
Avery Halifax

**Avery Halifax** was a railway enthusiast who once visited Sodor, and was known to frequently take high risks in getting close up pictures of the engines of the railway, which made the engines and the Fat Controller cross.

## Biography

Halifax made his debut and only appearance in the season 5 episode "Enthusiasts", where he first strode up to Emily to get close up pictures while her crew dealt with faulty trucks.

Emily would later learn that Halifax had gotten along with her crew, who encouraged his reckless behavior and all dismissed her concerns.

Emily's concerns would later come to fruition when she was pulling old trucks up Gordon's Hill, where the rear trucks broke free. Halifax was at the bottom of the hill taking pictures of a passing James, who wheezed smoke at him. This distracted him for a short while before the runaway trucks ran him over, killing him. Emily and James were reprimanded for their role in his death, while Emily's crew was fired. His family sued British Railways and the National Coal Board over this, which led to the Marston Heights coal mine being shut down.

## Persona

Halifax was rich and often didn't care about safety, relying more on his luck to get him through things. He was also known to get along with engine crews at a local pub, with most growing fond of him.

## Appearances

### The Stories of Sodor

#### Season 5

* Enthusiasts *(death)*
* Preservation *(indirectly mentioned)*

## Trivia

* He is the second character to be simultaneously introduced and killed off in a single episode, the first being Randolph.
Barrow-in-Furness

## Barrow

Barrow-in-Furness is the station beyond Vicarstown.

## History

In 1839 Henry Schneider arrived as a young speculator and dealer in iron, and he discovered large deposits of haematite in 1850. He and other investors founded the Furness Railway, the first section of which opened in 1846, to transport the ore from the slate quarries at Kirkby-in-Furness and haematite mines at Lindal-in-Furness and Askam and Ireleth to a deep-water harbour near Roa Island.[15] The crucial and difficult link across Morecambe Baybetween Ulverston and Carnforth on the main line was promoted, as the Ulverston and Lancaster Railway, by a group led by John Brogden and opened in 1857. It was promptly purchased by the Furness Railway.

The docks built between 1863 and 1881 in the more sheltered channel between the mainland and Barrow Island replaced the port at Roa Island. The first dock to open was Devonshire Dock in 1867, and Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone stated his belief that "Barrow would become another Liverpool". The increasing quantities of iron ore mined in Furness were then brought into the centre of Barrow to be transported by sea.

The Sodor and Mainland Railway started their construction at this station in the mid-to-late 1850s.

In the days of the Big Four, Gordon and Reginald took passengers to this station for their respective companies' stations from  Sodor.

Reginald once made fun of Gordon being 2 minutes late but then Reginald blew his safety valve and was made fun of by Gordon and Alfred.

Edward and Eric would take their trainloads of scrap from the Knapford Harbour renovations in 1937 to the Scrapyard here.

The unused sidings next to the station were the site of Peter's trial from September 11th to the 14th of 1949.

## Engines

GordonReginaldSpencerWhiff *(formerly : moved to the Ffarquhar Branch Line)*Sheffield *(formerly : moved to the Waterton Branch Line)*The LNER J94 *(formerly : reassigned)*Alfred *(formerly : deceased)*
## References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow-in-Furness railway station
2. https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Barrow-in-Furness
Gaffe

**Gaffe** is the 136th Sodor Short.

Gaffe/Transcript

## Plot

Billy attempts his slogan of “boy, I say boy” to Douglas, to which he asks who he’s calling boy. Billy then apologises for his mistake and adds that if anyone’s the boy, it should be him, as Douglas is twenty something years older then him. Douglas then asks if it really matters at their age, which Billy agrees that it doesn’t. He again emphasises his greatest apology, which Douglas accepts, and says that his gaffe wasn’t as bad as Gordon’s when some people from Africa visited Sodor.

A flashback reveals everyone who greeted the visitors looking at Gordon in absolute shock and disbelief, while he confusingly asks what’s wrong. Toby states that the visitors’ country is pronounced “Niger”, to which Gordon emits a “whoops” after realising his gaffe.

## Characters

* Gordon
* Toby
* Douglas
* Billy
* Thomas *(cameo)*
* Henry *(cameo)*
* James *(cameo)*
* Duck *(cameo)*
* Ben *(cameo)*
* Mavis *(cameo)*
* Spencer *(cameo)*
* 1020 (cameo)
* Shannon *(cameo)*
* The Fat Controller *(cameo)*

## Trivia

* This short marks the first appearance of Shannon.
Ballast Mine

The Ballast Mine (sometimes known as the Ballast Quarry) is where the engines of the Skarloey Railway go to collect ballast.

## History

The Ballast Mine is one of the main reasons why the Skarloey Railway was founded. This was because the SKR was supposed to be an industrial line. Basically, the engines would take trucks full of ballast to the ballast hopper at Crovan's Gate transfer yard, where it would be loaded into standard gauge trucks. These operations would later be used by the Arlesdale Railway. One time, Skarloey had to rescue many workmen when the mine Flooded in 1887. After Skarloey rescued the workmen, the line became known as the Skarloey Railway. Until the 1960s the line got a new slate quarry instead. It is unknown what happened to the mine afterwards.
Brave

**Brave** is the 156th Sodor Short.

Brave/Transcript

## Plot

Edward travels down the line with a passenger train, but becomes uneasy when he is unexpectedly surrounded by scrapped engines. As he continues, he is surprised by the sight that meets him. Whatever it was, was big and scared him enough to return to the yards. There he explains to Douglas and Diesel how big the thing he saw was and that it has three faces. After Diesel mocks Edward for being a coward, he orders him to go confront it and Diesel does so. He tries to explain he is just passing through and that he’s one of the Fat Controller’s engines. The three faces argue between themselves about killing Diesel, but in all that time, he has snuck away. Back at the yards, he lies and says that he managed to shoo them away. Terence interrupts and tells him that he ran away, rather than it, having witnessed the whole thing.

## Characters

* Edward
* Douglas
* Diesel
* The Green Garratt
* Terence
* The Fat Controller *(mentioned)*

## Trivia

* This short is a parody of a scene from *Monty Python and the Holy Grail*.