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Sodor and Mainland Railway Numbers 1 and 3

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Sodor and Mainland Railway Numbers 1 and 3 were the two other engines who worked on the Sodor and Mainland Railway with Neil.

Biography

Upon its opening in 1861, the Sodor and Mainland Railway owned three identical engines, bought off-the-peg from Neilsons in Scotland. One of these was Neil, however it is currently unknown whether the other two were named.

When traffic from the Skarloey Railway was not enough to keep the railway running, one of these locomotives was sold off alongside Neil to raise funds for the struggling railway. While Neil went to the Crovan's Gate Mining Company, it is unknown where the other engine went and it was later scrapped.[2][3] The last locomotive - which was not sold off - is said to have been "worked to scrap iron and died in 1901," which brought services to a close.[4]

Technical Details

Basis

The two other locomotives are said, like Neil, to be "off-the-peg" Neilson box tanks, a simple and robust class of engine built in Glasgow, Scotland and sold all over the world.[2] All members of this class were withdrawn and scrapped.[1]

Livery

The liveries of the two engines is currently unknown, though they were more than likely painted dark green with "S & M 1" and "S & M 3" applied to their sides similar to Neil.

Appearances

The Railway Series

Companion Volumes

Lectures

Trivia

  • S&M 1 and 3, alongside Neil, were the very first known engines to ever arrive on Sodor in The Railway Series.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 shanedooiney. Sodor Island Fansite. 8 April 2008. "About two weeks ago I emailed World of Thomas with some questions for Christopher Awdry dealing with various things in the Railway Series". Accessed 12 May 2025. Archived from the original on 12 May 2025. "I asked if Nos. 1 and 3 on the Sodor & Mainland railway were of the same type as Niel [sic], and he said they probably were".
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 RWS "Railways of Sodor"
  3. ↑ RWS "Sodor: Reading Between the Lines"
  4. ↑ RWS "Narrow Gauge Rails in Sodor"
Locomotives Sodor and Mainland Railway Number 1 | Neil | Sodor and Mainland Railway Number 3
Locations Kellsthorpe Road | Rolf's Castle | Kirk Ronan (Harbour)
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