Knapford Yards

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Knapford Yards
Overview
Location	Knapford, Island of Sodor
Operations
Managed by	North Western Railway Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Light Railway (formerly)
Line(s)	The Main Line Ffarquhar Branch Line (RWS)

Knapford Yards is a shunting yard located in Knapford.

History

The Railway Series

Since 1956, Knapford Yards - along with the station - has been located north of the River Els as part of Sir Charles Topham Hatt's Knapford Harbour Development Scheme. The yards are rather small and only consist of a few sidings, with small coal bunkers and a water column located nearby on the station platform. In 1959, the signal box was damaged when Donald reversed into it tender-first.

Thomas & Friends

In the television series, the yards are significantly larger than they are depicted as being in the books, a consequence of Knapford becoming the main station. It is by far the largest shunting yard on the Island, and is where most of the rolling stock is stored when not in use. The yards are located north of the station and - in concept art - are referred to as the "K Zone" of Knapford.

There are several large warehouses in the yard, which at one point included the Sodor Shipping Company building. Between the eleventh and sixteenth series, a carriage shed and yard was also located behind the main goods yard.

Several engines are known to be shunters at the yards, including Stanley, Charlie, Stafford and later Philip. Before moving to Vicarstown, Rosie was also frequently seen in the yards.

Shunters

Television Series only

Stanley (Blue Mountain Mystery onward)

Stafford (Series 16 onward)

Rosie (Series 17 to Series 21)

Charlie (Series 18 onward)

Philip (Series 19 onward)

Appearances

• Railway Series
• Television Series
• Other Media

The Railway Series

• Troublesome Engines - Percy Runs Away
• The Eight Famous Engines - The Fat Controller's Engines
• The Twin Engines - Break Van
• Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine - Bluebells of England
• Thomas Comes Home - Snow Problem and Thomas Comes Home

Companion Volumes

• 1992 - Thomas and the Hurricane

Thomas & Friends Series 1 - Tenders and Turntables Series 2 - Saved from Scrap, Old Iron, Percy and the Signal, Duck Takes Charge, The Runaway (stock footage), Pop Goes the Diesel, Dirty Work, The Missing Coach (episode cancelled) and Wrong Road Series 3 - A Scarf for Percy, Donald's Duck (deleted scene), Thomas, Percy and the Dragon, The Trouble with Mud, No Joke for James, Trust Thomas and Tender Engines (mistakenly mentioned) Series 4 - Thomas and Stepney and Toad Stands By Series 8 - Thomas and the Tuba, Thomas to the Rescue, Henry and the Wishing Tree (deleted scene), Percy's Big Mistake (deleted scene), Emily's New Route Squeak, Rattle and Roll (deleted scene), and Thomas Gets it Right (mentioned) Series 9 - Thomas and the Rainbow, Molly's Special Special, Thomas Tries His Best, Thomas' New Trucks and Flour Power Series 11 - Emily's Rubbish, Dream On, Hector the Horrid!, Henry's Lucky Day, Edward and the Mail and Hide and Peep Series 12 - Henry Gets it Wrong, Heave Ho Thomas!, James Works it Out, Tram Trouble, Don't Go Back (stock footage) and Thomas Puts the Brakes On Series 13 - The Early Bird, Play Time, Time for a Story and Splish Splash Splosh Series 15 - Stuck on You and Fiery Flynn Series 16 - Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor, Thomas and the Rubbish Train and Welcome Stafford! Series 17 - Steamie Stafford, Henry's Hero, Not Now, Charlie!, The Lost Puff, Bill or Ben?, Gone Fishing and No More Mr. Nice Engine Series 18 - Old Reliable Edward, Not So Slow Coaches, Flatbeds of Fear, Disappearing Diesels, Toad's Adventure, Thomas the Quarry Engine, Missing Gator, Long Lost Friend, Emily Saves the World, Timothy and the Rainbow Truck and Samson at Your Service Series 19 - The Beast of Sodor, Helping Hiro, Best Engine Ever and Philip to the Rescue Series 20 - Diesel and the Ducklings, Bradford the Brake Van, Saving Time, Pouty James, Letters to Santa, All in Vain, Engine of the Future, The Christmas Coffeepot and Over the Hill Series 21 - Springtime for Diesel, The Fastest Red Engine on Sodor and The Big Freeze Series 22 - An Engine of Many Colours (fantasy) and Hunt the Truck Series 23 - Chucklesome Trucks, Gordon Gets the Giggles (fantasy), Diesel Do Right, Steam Team to the Rescue, Panicky Percy, Rangers of the Rails and Diesel Glows Away Series 24 - Thomas and the Royal Engine, A New Arrival (mentioned), Sonny's Second Chance, Gordon and Rebecca, Coming Through! and Kenji on the Rails Again Specials 2008 - The Great Discovery (music video) 2009 - Hero of the Rails 2010 - Misty Island Rescue 2012 - Blue Mountain Mystery 2013 - King of the Railway 2014 - Tale of the Brave 2016 - The Great Race 2017 - Journey Beyond Sodor 2018 - Big World! Big Adventures! Learning Segments Series 8 - Sharing (mentioned) Series 9 - Knowing What To Do Series 10 - Help From Your Friends (mentioned) Videos 2015 - Welcome to the Island of Sodor Logan! 2018 - Meet Nia of Kenya!, Meet the New Steam Team and Still the Best of Friends 2019 - Meet Nia

Books

• 2008 - Whiff, Hector and The Snowy Special
• 2009 - Hank
• 2010 - Hiro (mentioned)

The Main Line

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* RWS only | ** T&F only

Locomotives	Henry | Gordon | James | Donald and Douglas | Thomas** | Emily** | Murdoch** | Molly** | Rosie** | Hiro** | Nia** | Rebecca** | Bear* | The Works Diesel* | Pip and Emma* | Philip**
Rolling Stock	Express Coaches | Branch Line Coaches | Thomas' Special Coach* | Annie and Clarabel** | Emily's Coaches**
Locations	Tidmouth (Harbour, Engine Sheds, Tunnel, Loop) | Knapford (Yards, Engine Sheds, Bus Yard**) | Crosby (Tunnel, Washdown**) | Wellsworth (Yards) | Suddery Junction | Gordon's Hill | Maron | Cronk (Viaduct) | Killdane | Balladrine Bridge | Kellsthorpe Road | Crovan's Gate (Works, Yards**) | Henry's Tunnel | Vicarstown (Engine Sheds, Yards, Bridge, Goods Depot**, Junction**, Dieselworks**) | Barrow-in-Furness | Lower Tidmouth** | Sodor Suspension Bridge** | West Maron Junction** | East Maron Junction** | Balladrine** | Kellaby** | Whispering Woods** (Halt) | Kirk Ronan Junction** | The Difficult Bend** | Sodor Steamworks** | Neville's Bridge** | Henry's Forest** (Wishing Tree) | The Lumber Mill** | Great Waterton** (Water Works)

Ffarquhar Branch Line

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* RWS only | ** T&F only

Locomotives	Steam	Thomas | Percy | Toby | Bloomer*
	Diesel	Daisy* | Mavis
	Former	Coffee Pots | Glynn**
Rolling Stock	Coaches	Annie and Clarabel | Henrietta | Victoria* | Thomas' Special Coach* | The Quarryman's Coach* | Observation Saloon Coaches*
	Trucks	Quarry Trucks | Elsie* | Old-King Coal* | Suncole*
Non-Rail Vehicles		Terence | Bertie | Caroline | The Orange Caterpillar Crane* | Cleo** | Harold | Tiger Moth** | Bulstrode
People		Mrs. Kyndley | Farmer Finney | Kevin Volley* | Farmer McColl** | Farmer Trotter** | Ruth**
Affiliates		Toby's Branch Line**
Locations		Knapford (Harbour, Airfield) | Dryaw (Goods Station, Airfield, Goods Yard**, Football Club**) | Toryreck (Lead Mines, Engine Shed**) | Crowe's Farm | Elsbridge (Dairy, Viaduct, Cricket Field, Trek and Leisure) | Hackenbeck (Bridge, Tunnel, Cottage) | Finney's Farm | Ffarquhar (Engine Sheds, Mountain**, Loop**) | Ffarquhar River Bridge | The Quarry Tramroad | Anopha Quarry | The Windmill** | McColl Farm** | Sports Field Halt** | The Watermill** | Farmer Trotter's Pig Farm** | Maithwaite** (Quarry Mine, Forest, Showground) | The Narrow Gorge** | Arlesdale End** (Engine Sheds)