Brendam Docks is one of the Island of Sodor's most famous ports. It is located on the coast of Brendam, at the end of Edward's Branch Line.
History[]
Brendam Docks is Sodor's main port. The Sodor Shipping Company has at least one large warehouse located here. Cranky is stationed here and he always loads and unloads cargo to and from the dock. Salty, who loves to work at the Docks and tell tales of the sea, was bought by Sir Topham Hatt to work here shunting trucks. Some years later, Porter arrived to assist Salty with the heavy workloads. The station of Upper Brendam serves the town itself.
A coastal branch line runs from the port and is mainly used for fish traffic. It also appears that the Express stops here on its way to Vicarstown, to collect passengers from the many ocean liners that come in here. In the fifth and sixth series, there was a large goods shed nearby Cranky, but after the two accidents where an old tramp steamer ran aground during a stormy night, collapsing the shed onto Henry, James, Duck, Gordon and knocking Cranky over, and Cranky knocking it over with a load of pipes he dropped, trapping Salty, Bill and Ben at the docks, it has not been rebuilt or seen since. The mail barge also docks here. The Docks here are large and extensive, with many warehouses, cranes, rail yards, and canals.
The docks experienced a particularly hectic period when Salty fell off the dock and Porter was taken out of action due to flour clogging his funnel. Initially, Den was sent to help, however, the job was later re-assigned to Percy after the doors at the Vicarstown Dieselworks malfunctioned, trapping the engines there inside. Following an accident with some crates, the rest of the Steam Team went to clear up the mess and free Percy, who had been trapped.
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Official Description[]
From the Writer's Bible:
| “ | Brendam Docks: Brendam is the main docks of the Island. It’s a massive deep-water port which receives everything from huge passenger liners to freight barges to cargo ships. It long ago eclipsed Knapford Docks, which now are used only for minor goods export/import.
Thomas and Percy regularly deliver freight or pick up ‘specials’. Bill and Ben deliver from the quarry, and Gordon collects passengers from the liners, taking them inland on the Express. Henry collects the famous 'Flying Kipper' fish train from the fish market quay. |
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Trivia[]
- Brendam Docks takes the place of Tidmouth Harbour from The Railway Series as Sodor's main port.
- In "Baa!", Percy says that the docks are his favourite station, albeit while "too tired to think properly".
- In Really Useful Around the World, a siding with buffers is placed by Cranky, and the Sodor Shipping Company is moved slightly to another track.
- The 2014 poll from SiF incorrectly identifies the docks as it appears in Percy Takes the Plunge as "Knapford Docks" and the docks as it appears in All at Sea and One Good Turn as "Arlesburgh Harbour".
Merchandise[]
- Wooden Railway (discontinued)
- Wood (discontinued)
- Take Along (discontinued)
- Take-n-Play (discontinued)
- Adventures (discontinued)
- Collectible Railway (discontinued)
- Thomas Engine Collection Series (discontinued)
- ERTL (Gold Rail; discontinued)
- Motor Road and Rail
- TrackMaster (discontinued)
- Push Along
- Bachmann (warehouse only)
- Mega Bloks
- Motorized Railway
- Tomica
| Locomotives | Steam | Edward | Porter | Nia |
|---|---|---|
| Diesel | BoCo | Derek | Salty | Philip | |
| Non-Rail Vehicles | Trevor | Cranky | Reg | Big Mickey | Carly | |
| People | The Vicar of Wellsworth | The Mayor of Sodor | The Dock Managers | |
| Affiliates | Sodor China Clay Company (Bill and Ben, Timothy, Marion) | Sodor Shipping Company | Sodor Search and Rescue Centre (Belle, Flynn, Rocky, Harold, Butch, Captain) | |
| Stations | Wellsworth | Suddery | Lower Suddery | Sodor Animal Park** | Upper Brendam | Brendam | |