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This article is about the Skarloey Railway Depot. You may be looking for the Skarloey Engine Sheds.

The Depot
Background Information
First appearance	Faulty Whistles (2002)
Last appearance	Snow Place Like Home (2016)
Creator(s)	David Mitton Ross Hastings
Overview
Location	South of Bluebell Valley, Island of Sodor (Sam Wilkinson map)
Operations
Railway	Skarloey Railway
Line(s)	Skarloey Railway Stepney's Branch Line (Sam Wilkinson map)
Type	Straight
Berths	5

The Depot is a large facility with multiple sheds on the Skarloey Railway. According to former Railway Consultant Sam Wilkinson's 2014 map of Sodor, it is located between Cros-ny-Cuirn and Bluebell Valley.

History and Operations

The Depot is the main area where the Skarloey Railway engines sleep and collect their trains. The sheds consist of two brick buildings - a short single-track shed and a longer double-track shed - and a double-track open wooden shed. There is also a goods station at the depot, adjacent to Mr. Percival's House.

Since the sixteenth series, a standard gauge line which is a part of Stepney's Branch Line has been added and runs through the depot.

Residents

Skarloey

Rheneas

Sir Handel

Peter Sam

Rusty

Duncan

Freddie

Mighty Mac

Appearances

• Television Series
• Other Media

Thomas & Friends Series 6 - Faulty Whistles Series 7 - The Old Bridge, The Refreshment Lady's Tea Shop, Rheneas and the Roller Coaster, The Runaway Elephant, The Grand Opening and Trusty Rusty Series 9 - The Magic Lamp (deleted scene) Series 11 - Skarloey Storms Through, Cool Truckings and Wash Behind Your Buffers Series 12 - The Party Surprise and Duncan and the Hot Air Balloon Series 16 - Don't Bother Victor! Series 18 - Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger and Duncan the Humbug Series 19 - Snow Place Like Home Specials 2008 - The Great Discovery 2012 - Blue Mountain Mystery Music Videos Series 10 - Navigation Series 11 - The Narrow Gauge Engines Series 18 - It's Christmas Time

Books

• 2008 - Duncan and the Faulty Whistles

My Thomas Story Library

• 2009 - Madge

Trivia

• The sheds here are based on the Talyllyn Railway sheds at Pendre. The Skarloey Engine Sheds were also based on these.
• The Depot has had numerous modifications throughout the years:
  • Blue Mountain Mystery:
    • The open wooden shed section is repainted green.
    • The narrow gauge track running past the depot becomes standard gauge.
  • Series 16:
    • A standard gauge line is added running through the middle of the depot.
  • Series 18:
    • The open wooden shed returns to its original brown colour.
• The shed buildings from the depot have been reused at various other locations throughout the series:
  • The open shed is reused at the Skarloey Slate Quarry in the sixth series.
  • The long shed is reused at the Skarloey Slate Quarry in the sixth series, the Rocky Tunnel and Transfer Yard in the eleventh series and Green Hills Junction in the twelfth series.

Skarloey Railway

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* David Mitton map only | ** Sam Wilkinson map only | --- Dropped

Stepney's Branch Line

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