Mrs. Kyndley's Cottage (RWS)

The Railway Series

Thomas & Friends

Mrs. Kyndley's Cottage
Background Information
First appearance	Toby the Tram Engine (1952)
Last appearance	Thomas's Christmas Party (1984)
Creator(s)	Rev. W. Awdry
Overview
Location	Hackenbeck, Island of Sodor
Operations
Line(s)	Ffarquhar Branch Line

Mrs. Kyndley's Cottage is a small cottage situated on Thomas' Branch Line south of Hackenbeck Tunnel. Mrs. Kyndley lives here with her husband.

History

In December 1951, while ill in bed, Mrs. Kyndley waved a red dressing gown from the bedroom window of the cottage to warn Thomas and his crew of a landslide which had blocked the tracks.

A year later, during December 1952, the cottage was almost buried in snow, but luckily Thomas, Toby and Terence came to help clear the snow away.

Appearances

• Railway Series

The Railway Series

• Toby the Tram Engine - Mrs. Kyndley's Christmas

Companion Volumes

• 1984 - Thomas's Christmas Party

Trivia

• The cottage is often incorrectly omitted in illustrations of the south side of Hackenbeck Tunnel.
• The cottage featured on the exhibit extension of Wilbert Awdry's Ffarquhar Branch layout. It was made using an Airfix thatched cottage kit.

Gallery

The Railway Series

Main Series

The cottage as illustrated by C. Reginald Dalby

Mrs. Kyndley's bedroom on the second floor of the cottage

Companion Volumes

The cottage interior as illustrated by Clive Spong

The dining room

The cottage snowed in

Ffarquhar Branch Line

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