Tidmouth Tunnel (South)

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Tidmouth Tunnel (South)
Overview
Managed by	North Western Railway Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Light Railway (formerly)
Line(s)	The Main Line
Locale	South of Tidmouth, Island of Sodor
Characteristics
Material	Brick
No. of bores	2
No. of tracks	2
History
Opened	1910
Status	Operational

Tidmouth Tunnel is a tunnel between Tidmouth and Knapford.

History

The Railway Series

The railway reached Tidmouth in 1905 by means of a road-side tramway from Knapford; however a gale in the autumn of 1908 destroyed it. In 1910 a treasury grant was obtained and a single tunnel was cut through the ridge south of Tidmouth and laying a railway directly from Tidmouth to Knapford, forming the Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Light Railway. In 1916 the NWR completed a double track tunnel and Tidmouth's usefulness as a harbour started to be explored.

Appearances

The Railway Series

• Troublesome Engines - Henry and the Elephant

Companion Volumes

• 1984 - Henry the Green Engine and the Elephant

Trivia

• In the fourth series episode, Henry and the Elephant, the tunnel was replaced with Henry's Tunnel as the one where Henry found the elephant.

Gallery

The Railway Series

Main Series

The tunnel illustrated by C. Reginald Dalby

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Miscellaneous

The tunnel illustrated by Clive Spong

The inside of the tunnel

The tunnel illustrated by Loraine Marshall

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The Main Line

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* RWS only | ** T&F only

Locomotives	Henry | Gordon | James | Donald and Douglas | Thomas** | Emily** | Murdoch** | Molly** | Rosie** | Hiro** | Nia** | Rebecca** | Bear* | The Works Diesel* | Pip and Emma* | Philip**
Rolling Stock	Express Coaches | Branch Line Coaches | Thomas' Special Coach* | Annie and Clarabel** | Emily's Coaches**
Locations	Tidmouth (Harbour, Engine Sheds, Tunnel) | Knapford (Yards, Engine Sheds, Bus Yard**) | Crosby (Tunnel, Washdown**) | Wellsworth (Yards) | Suddery Junction | Gordon's Hill | Maron | Cronk (Viaduct) | Killdane | Balladrine Bridge | Kellsthorpe Road | Crovan's Gate (Works, Yards**) | Henry's Tunnel | Vicarstown (Engine Sheds, Yards, Bridge, Goods Depot**, Junction**, Dieselworks**) | Barrow-in-Furness | Lower Tidmouth** | Sodor Suspension Bridge** | West Maron Junction** | East Maron Junction** | Balladrine** | Kellaby** | Whispering Woods** (Halt) | Kirk Ronan Junction** | The Difficult Bend** | Sodor Steamworks** | Neville's Bridge** | Henry's Forest** (Wishing Tree) | The Lumber Mill** | Great Waterton** (Water Works)