Toby's Old Line

This railway was originally the home of Toby the Tram Engine before he came to work on Ffarquhar branch line with Thomas. It was only featured in one book in Railway Series and in several seasons of the Television Series (but it mainly only had one appearence in Season 1.

Bio in the Railway Series
Toby's old line was originally located somewhere in East Anglia, in England. The Railway Series describes the railway running through farms past fields and villages, ending at a station where the line junctions with the mainline to London and "elswehere." Toby, with his coach Henrietta, used to work on the railway delivering goods from the farms to the junction or other stations. The line also took passengers. During the early 1950's or so, Toby's line went bankrupt, thanks to the lorries and buses taking over most of the work. Then, the line closed, and Toby and Henrietta were sold to Sir Topham Hatt to assist Thomas with trains on the quarry line. It is not known what happened to the railway after that.

Bio in the Television Series
Toby's old line was located somewhere on Sodor, it is not exactly known where. The line started at Arlesdale End, where was the location of Toby's shed was. Then, the line passed by a windmill, very similar to the one seen on Thomas' branchline. Then the line pass through a small rocky cliff and bay a river, through a valley past an old castle, before arriving at the station of Lower Arlesburugh. The line kept on going after leaving Lower Arlesburugh, it is not known where it goes from there. Then, the line closed, because of all the trucks taking over. After the last train ran, Toby was put into the shed. Then, the Fat Controller bought Toby to the Ffarquhar branch line to take over Thomas's stone trains from Anopha Quarry. Many scenes from future episodes show scenes from the old line quite commonly (e.g: Thomas passing by the castle in Percy's Promise. Seasons 8-12 commonly feature Arlesdale End and Toby's old shed in most of the episodes.

How many engines did the railway own?
No one knows for sure. For now, we can only assume that Toby was the railway's first and only engine.