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{{Tabber|tab1={{HV|TheRailwaySerieslogo.png|[[Sodor China Clay Company (RWS)|<small>The Railway Series</small>]]}}|tab2={{HV|ThomasandFriendslogo2009.png|[[Sodor China Clay Company (T&F)|<small>Thomas & Friends</small>]]}}}}
{{Infobox Station
|title1 = Sodor China Clay Company
|image1 = File:DownTheDrainRS1.png
|first_appearance = [[Main Line Engines]] {{Note|1966}}
|last_appearance = [[Thomas and the Twins]] {{Note|1989}}
|creator(s) = [[Wilbert Awdry|Rev. W. Awdry]]
|location = {{flag|ios}} North of [[Brendam (RWS)|Brendam]], [[Island of Sodor (RWS)|Island of Sodor]]
|year_opened = 1948
|managed_by = Sodor China Clay Company
|lines = [[Brendam Branch Line (RWS)|Brendam Branch Line]]
}}The '''Sodor China Clay Company''' (abbreviated as '''SCC''') is a company based at [[Brendam (RWS)|Brendam]], which is responsible for the supply and transportation of China clay to [[Brendam Docks (RWS)|Brendam Docks]].

The company operates a privately owned railway which runs from Brendam Docks to the China clay quarry, which is known as the '''Clay Pits''' or the '''China Clay Works'''. There are also China clay mines in the quarry, which are known as the '''Clay Mines'''.

==History and Operations==
The clay beds were discovered in 1948 and the company was formed to work them. A new harbour, capable of accommodating ocean-going vessels, was built in Brendam, some one and a half miles south of the old one, and a private railway laid down to link the Workings with the harbour and the [[North Western Railway (RWS)|North Western Railway]]. The clay is used in making porcelain, paper, paint, plastics, medicines and cosmetics. It is shipped from Brendam all over the world.  

Nowadays, the majority of Brendam's 4,500 inhabitants are employed in one way or another by the Sodor China Clay Company. Spoil, consisting of quartz and sand, from the pits has been dumped in heaps some two miles to the northwest of Brendam and have been dubbed "white mountains".

==Locomotives==
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File:MainBillRWS.png|[[Bill and Ben (RWS)|Bill]]
File:MainBenRWS.png|[[Bill and Ben (RWS)|Ben]]
</gallery>

==Rolling Stock==
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File:MainSCCTrucksRWS.png|[[Sodor China Clay Rolling Stock#Sodor China Clay Trucks|Trucks]]
File:MainStandardTankerRWS.png|[[Sodor China Clay Rolling Stock#Sodor China Clay Tankers|Tankers]]
File:SCCBrakevans.png|[[Sodor China Clay Rolling Stock#Sodor China Clay Brake Vans|Brake Vans]]
</gallery>

==Non-Rail Vehicles==
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File:SCCLorryRWS.png|[[Soft-Side Lorries (RWS)|Sodor China Clay Company Lorries]]
</gallery>

==Appearances==
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===''[[The Railway Series]]''===
* '''[[Main Line Engines]]''' - [[Main Line Engines#The Diseasel|The Diseasel]] {{Mentioned}} and [[Main Line Engines#Edward's Exploit|Edward's Exploit]]
* '''[[Thomas and the Twins]]''' - [[Thomas and the Twins#Scrambled Eggs|Scrambled Eggs]] {{Mentioned}}, [[Thomas and the Twins#What a Picture!|What a Picture!]], [[Thomas and the Twins#Trevor Helps Out|Trevor Helps Out]] {{Mentioned}} and [[Thomas and the Twins#Down the Drain|Down the Drain]]
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==Trivia==
* The Sodor China Clay Pits are based on the Clay Pits of Port of Par, where Bill and Ben's respective basis, [[Alfred and Judy]] worked.

==Gallery==
===''The Railway Series''===
====Main Series====
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File:Edward'sExploitRS2.png|The line to the clay pits in the Railway Series
File:DownTheDrainRS1.png
File:DownTheDrainRS6.png|[[The Drain]] near the clay pits
</gallery>

====Behind the Scenes====
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File:ChinaClayCompanyBasis.jpg|Par, the basis for the quarry
</gallery>

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