The Ruined Castle

The Ruined Castle
Overview
Location	Island of Sodor
Operations
Managed by	North Western Railway
No. of platforms	1

The Ruined Castle is an old castle on Sodor. A long time ago, a king and queen used to lived in it. It is currently a tourist spot for holidaymakers to visit. The castle also has a shunting yard as of the ninth series.

Once, Emily was taking some visitors to the castle. But soon, she was getting bored and decided to play "Queen for the day" with Percy while waiting. However, she created a calamity when she told Percy to take his trucks on her line and he crashed into Mavis and Toby.

Thomas offered to take the storyteller here so she could write a story, but became distracted when Emily broke down.

Appearances

• Television Series

Thomas & Friends

• Series 4 - Bowled Out and Henry and the Elephant (deleted scene)
• Series 9 - Thomas and the Rainbow and Emily Knows Best
• Series 10 - Thomas and the Jet Plane
• Series 11 - Thomas and the Storyteller

Trivia

• In the fourth series, the model of the castle was reused from Sodor Castle.
• Some of the castle's buildings are on display at Drayton Manor.
• The castle does not appear on the 2014 Sodor map, despite having appeared beforehand.

Gallery

Thomas & Friends

Model Series

Duck and Stepney passing the castle

Percy at the castle

One of the towers

Toby and Percy at the shunting yards

Percy passes Thomas with Annie and Clarabel at the castle

Lightning strikes at the castle

Promotional Material

Henry passing the castle

Behind the Scenes

The Ruined Castle as Sodor Castle on the Skarloey Railway

The Ruined Castle at Drayton Manor