Season 4

**Season 4** is the fourth season of "The Stories of Sodor". It was planned to consist of 15 episodes, the same as every previous season. The first episode takes place in the spring of 1955, with its flashback taking place in 1931, three years before the start of Season 1, and the rest of the season is currently a continuation from Season 3's timeline, which ended in 1955.

## Production

Production of Season 4 started roughly two months after Season 3 was concluded. Things were going relatively smoothly for the next few months, with the upgrade from Trainz: A New Era to Trainz 2019 happening in January of 2020. However, after the sixth planned episode, Return, was completed, Victor hated how the episode turned out and decided to restart.

Production of the first part of Season 4 lasted from March to September of 2020, with the first episode being leaked in early April of 2020. The second half of Season 4 began sometime in mid-2021. Filming started in August and concluded in December.

## Plot

The season focuses on what happens on Sodor when British Railways' Modernisation Plan (which includes dieselisation) starts to come into effect.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Toby
* Duck
* Donald and Douglas
* Oliver
* Eric
* Diesel
* Colin *(flashback appearance)*
* Lily *(flashback appearance)*
* Adam *(death)*
* Reginald
* Peter
* Geoffrey
* Peckett
* Samantha
* Kate
* Mickey
* Joey
* Clive
* Whiff
* Molly
* Rosie
* Benson
* Paul
* Hurricane
* Arthur
* Samson
* Bill and Ben
* Emily
* BoCo
* Daisy
* Wendell
* Skarloey
* Rheneas
* Ivo Hugh
* Duncan
* Duke
* Atlas
* Falcon
* Stuart
* Andreas *(death)*
* Stanley
* Annie and Clarabel
* Terence
* The Fat Controller
* Sir Handel Brown
* Billy Shoepack
* Mr. Zorro
* Neil *(does not speak)*
* Matthew *(does not speak)*
* Lenny *(does not speak)*
* Glenn *(does not speak)*
* Toad *(does not speak)*
* William *(not named; does not speak)*
* Mr. Peter Sam *(does not speak)*
* Mr. Star *(hallucination; does not speak)*
* Winston *(cameo)*
* Alfred *(flashback; cameo)*
* Eliza *(cameo)*
* Neville *(cameo)*
* Alice *(cameo)*
* Spencer *(cameo)*
* Justin *cameo)*
* Barry *(cameo)*
* Charles *(cameo)*
* The Red Tender Engine *(cameo)*
* Bertie *(cameo)*
* Trevor *(cameo)*
* George *(cameo)*
* Caroline *(cameo)*
* Drollan *(cameo)*
* Ten Cents *(mentioned)*
* Farmer McColl *(mentioned)*
* Montgomery *(mentioned)*
* Amanda *(indirectly mentioned)*

## Characters Introduced

* Mr. Walter Paxman
* Maggie
* The Racist Truck
* Sheffield
* Murdoch
* Lord Walter Barrane
* Ernest
* Wilfred
* Harry
* Alaric
* Catherine
* Jonny Cuba
* Joshua
* Harold
* Theodore
* Old Bailey
* Morty
* S.C. Ruffey
* Rusty
* Dr. Simmons
* Randolph *(death)*
* Richard Beeching
* Salty
* Francis
* Derek
* Brian
* Dennis *(flashback appearance; does not speak)*
* Splatter and Dodge *(flashback appearances; do not speak)*
* Bear *(cameo)*
* Rebecca *(cameo)*
* Richard *(cameo)*
* Unnamed Police Engines *(cameos)*
* The Banana Splits *(hallucination; cameo)*

## Trivia

* This is the longest running season of the series so far with 20 episodes. It beats out Season 1, Season 2, Season 3 (15 episodes each), Stories of War (5 episodes), SCPs of Sodor (6 episodes), and Season 5 (10 episodes)
* This is the first (and so far only) season to have two parts.
* In the preview for the episodes between the years 1955 and 1959, it is shown that the first 10 episodes will be released from October the 10th and the rest will be released later. In addition, the last 10 episodes take place from 1960-1964.
* This season marks the final appearances of Adam and Andreas. (Although, the former appears in a flashback in "Return".)
* Starting with Revelations, Duncan is seen with his yellow livery.
* Storm is based off of a TUGS episode.