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This page is a timeline chronicling major events of The Railway Series continuity.

10th Century

960s

960

970s

979

980s

  • Earl Sigurd of Orkney attempts to invade Sodor but is repelled by Godred MacHarold.

987

989

  • Earl Sigurd slays Godred MacHarold and his two eldest sons. Earl Sigurd becomes King of Sodor and Man.[2]

11th Century

1000s

1009

1010s

1014

  • Earl Sigurd of Orkney is killed during the Battle of Clontarf in Ireland.[2]
  • Harold the Black claims the title of King of Sodor and Man.[2]

1030s

1034

  • Thorfinn seizes control of the kingdom of Sodor and Man.[2]
    • Harold the Black is driven to exile in Iceland.

1040s

1043

1045

1047

  • Harold the Black dies in a failed attempt to reclaim his kingdom.[2]

1050s

1054

  • An attempted Norman invasion of Sodor takes place, but is successfully repelled at Cas-ny-Hawin by Lady Sigrid of Arlesdale.

1060s

1061

1065

  • Thorfinn dies; his sons, Erland and Paul, rule jointly over Sodor and Man.[4]

1067

  • Godred Crovan reclaims the kingdom of Sodor and Man.
  • Thorkell arrives on Sodor and settles at Kellsthorpe.[5]
  • Ulf arrives on Sodor.[6]

1070s

1070

1071

  • Under Roolwer, work begins on Suddery cathedral.[8]

1079

  • Roolwer dies on a visit to the Isle of Man and is buried at Kirk Maughold.[7]

1080s

1089

1090s

1095

12th Century

1100s

1104

1150s

1150

1160s

1160

15th Century

1400s

1404

16th Century

1540s

1540

  • Cronk Abbey is dissolved on the order of King Henry VIII.

17th Century

1650s

1659

  • James Catherick's remains are laid at Crosby church.[13]

1660s

1665

19th Century

1800s

1802

1806

1810s

1810

  • The plateway from Ward Fell to Balladwail is closed down and torn up.

1813

1820s

1820

  • The plateway from Ward Fell to Balladwail is rebuilt and extended up the Benglas valley to the mine.

1822

  • John Arnold Norramby is born.

1829

1830s

1836

1837

1840s

1840

  • Stephenson's Rocket is retired from service.
  • Crewe Works is opened.

1846

1850s

1851

1852

1853

1854

1857

1859

1860s

1861

1863

1864

1865

1866

  • Dolgoch is built and arrives on the Talyllyn Railway.
  • Skarloey has trailing wheels added to improve stability and has a cab installed.
  • Lucy arrives on Sodor and joins Agnes, Ruth, Jemima and Beatrice on the Skarloey Railway.

1868

1870s

1870

1872

  • Albert is built.
  • The Mid Sodor Railway Company is formed.

1873

1874

  • The rebuilt Arlesdale Tramway portion of the Mid Sodor Railway is opened.

1875

1877

1878

1879

1880s

1880

1881

1882

1883

1884

1885

1886

  • Livingston Thompson is built.
  • Frederick Regaby dies; Albert Regaby succeeds to his Barony.

1890s

1891

  • Albert is rebuilt.

1894

  • John Arnold Norramby dies.
  • Bert is built.
  • Topham Hatt is apprenticed at Swindon Works.[2]

1895

1896

  • Edward is built.
  • Snowdon and Moel Siabod are built and arrive in Wales for the Snowdon Mountain Railway.
  • The Snowdon Mountain Railway is opened.
  • L.A.D.A.S. is scrapped after a fall on the opening day.

1897

20th Century

1900s

1900

1901

  • 8 April: The Culdee Fell Railway is re-opened after receiving further maintenance following the events of Godred's accident.[17]
  • Sir Topham Hatt comes to Sodor and joins A.W. Dry and Company.[2]
  • The Sodor and Mainland Railway goes bankrupt and becomes dormant.
    • Neil is sold to the Crovan's Gate Mining Company, while engines 1 and 3 are scrapped.
    • The Motive Power Depot of the S&M is closed.

1903

1904

  • 9 May: City of Truro allegedly becomes one of the first engines to reach 100 mph.
  • Falcon is built and shipped to Sodor to replace an older engine of the Mid Sodor Railway, who is then scrapped.

1905

  • The Elsbridge & Knapford Railway is extended to Tidmouth along a coastal road.
  • Coffee Pot No. 1 is built at A.W. Dry and Co.'s works by Mr. Topham Hatt.
  • March: Boxhill is converted into a 2-4-0T.

1906

  • The Refreshment Lady is born.
  • Tidmouth becomes the first town on Sodor to be lit by electricity, powered by the falls of the River Tid.

1908

  • The line from Knapford to Tidmouth along the coast is destroyed by a strong autumn gale.
  • Using a treasury loan, A.W. Dry & Co. puts unemployed miners to work cutting a tunnel through a ridge to Tidmouth.
  • The Elsbridge & Knapford Railway reforms to become the Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Light Railway.

1909

1910s

1910

  • Bluebell and Primrose are built.
  • The Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Light Railway is opened.
  • Sir Topham Hatt marries Jane Brown.[18]
  • Falcon returns to Loughborough to have trailing wheels fitted.
  • 5 July: The first train runs to Tidmouth.

1911

1912

  • James is built.[19]
  • October: Stepney is rebuilt.
  • The Tidmouth, Wellsworth and Suddery Railway is formed from the Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Railway and the Wellsworth and Suddery Railway.
    • Coffee Pot No. 1 is scrapped.
    • Wellsworth and Suddery Railway No. 3 is rebuilt as a tender engine.
  • 12 July: Margaret Emily Wale Awdry is born.
  • Coronel Church is restored and returned to service.

1913

  • Boxhill is restored.

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

  • Robert Charles is born.
  • World War I ends.
  • Douglas is built.
  • Percy is built sometime after the turn of the 20th Century.

1919

  • Henry is built.[19]
  • Adams is sent to work on Colonel Stephens' East Kent Light Railway.

1920s

1920

  • Stuart is built, for work on the Mid Sodor Railway.
  • Construction of Gordon begins at Doncaster.
  • The Vicar of Wellsworth, Charles Laxey, is born.
  • Sir Handel Brown marries Dorothy Lloyd.
  • Thomas is officially sold to the North Western Railway.[20]
    • Later that year he is rebuilt at Crovan's Gate.
  • 16 April: Alan Pegler is born.
  • Stanley is bought by the Mid Sodor Railway.

1921

  • Edward is officially sold to the North Western Railway.
  • Mr. Ivo Hugh is born.
  • Kevin Volley is promoted to porter.
  • Edward Thomas is built and arrives on the Corris Railway.
  • Gordon is built.

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

  • Henry, Gordon, and James go on strike.
  • Percy arrives on Sodor and is officially sold to the North Western Railway.
  • Henry, Gordon, and James get shut up in the sheds for being naughty, but are let out again after several days.
  • Percy forgets to whistle to the signalman, and becomes a runaway engine after Gordon nearly crashes into him.
  • The Sodor Aluminium Company is formed.
  • 21 April: Queen Elizabeth II is born.
  • Caroline is built.

1927

  • Vicarstown Sheds and Fletcher, Jennings & Co. are closed.
  • Kevin Volley becomes booking clerk of Elsbridge.
  • The road bridge crossing the River Els at Elsbridge is widened to accommodate more traffic.

1928

  • Stanley is turned into a pumping engine.
  • Duke plays a trick on Stuart for his teasing.
  • Duncan is built.
  • April: King James I is built.
  • 12 June: Vere Awdry dies.
  • Smaller sheds are built at Vicarstown.

1929

  • Duck is possibly built.[23]
  • 29 October: The Great Depression begins.

1930s

1930

  • A fire occurred at Crovan's Gate Works, which destroyed the dossiers for Thomas, Edward and Henry.
  • The Lead Mine at Toryreck is closed down.

1932

1934

  • 31 August: Oliver is possibly built.
  • Terence is built.
  • Henry is given special coal from Wales to help with his steaming troubles.
  • Albert Regaby steps down from his position as NWR chairman.

1935

  • Henry is sent to be rebuilt at Crewe into an LMS Stanier Class 5 following his crash with the Flying Kipper.[19]
  • Gordon's whistle ends up getting jammed.
  • Percy crashes into a luggage trolley and ruins Sir Topham Hatt I's trousers.
  • Henry sneezes at some troublemaking boys.
  • January: Bahamas is built.
  • The Isle of Man steamers stop arriving at Arlesburgh, so the traffic to Peel Godred stops too.
  • The Silver Jubilee is put into service.

1936

  • 13 June: Green Arrow is built.
  • Mr. Fergus Duncan is born.
  • Sir Topham Hatt is promoted from General Manager to Managing Director.[18]
  • The mountain section of the Mid Sodor Railway is closed.
    • The Mid Sodor bogie stock along with three of the six engines are subsequently sold.
  • Kevin Volley becomes stationmaster at Ffarquhar.

1937

  • Rheneas is overhauled.
  • Sir Charles Topham Hatt leaves Sodor for railway service overseas.[18]
  • Judy is built.

1938

  • Barbara Jane marries Henry Regaby, Viscount Harwick.[18]
  • 3 March and 3 July: Mallard is built and sets the world speed record for a steam engine: 126mph.
  • 30 September: Duchess of Hamilton is built.

1939

  • Gordon is rebuilt at Crewe.
  • Duchess of Hamilton tours the United States.
  • The Silver Jubilee is retired from service.
  • World War II begins.
  • Sir Charles Topham Hatt returns from railway service overseas to enlist with the Royal Engineers.[18]
  • Two diesel locomotives are leased to the Skarloey Railway by the War Department to supplement Skarloey and Rheneas on timber and explosives traffic.

1940s

1940

1941

1942

  • Duchess of Hamilton is shipped back from the United States.

1943

  • Bridget Amanda Hatt is born.[18]
  • Rheneas takes over the majority of the workload on the Skarloey Railway.
  • Robert Charles is killed in action while in North Africa.
    • Richard Robert Norramby succeeds his father as the Earl of Sodor.
  • 14 December: Creator of the Thomas & Friends television series Britt Allcroft is born.

1945

  • 12 May: The first book of The Railway Series is published.
  • Sir Charles Topham Hatt II is demobilised from the Royal Engineers and spends a further period overseas.[18]
  • The Mid Sodor Railway mines are closed one by one.
  • 7 May: World War II ends.
  • The two diesels leased by the War Department leave the Skarloey Railway.

1946

  • The Cas-ny-Hawin mine is flooded and subsequently closes, leading to the closure of the Mid Sodor Railway.
    • Stanley breaks down and is abandoned.
  • 12 April: Hilary Fortnam is born.
  • The National Coal Board is established.
  • Thomas' first book is published.
  • Adams is sent to work on the Lyme Regis branch line in Devon.
  • Bertie is built.

1947

  • The Mid Sodor Railway is closed and the Tidmouth-Arlesburgh branch starts running a minimal service.
    • Duke is sheeted and abandoned in a shed.
    • Falcon and Stuart are purchased by the aluminium works at Peel Godred for an expansion project.
  • Albert Regaby dies; Henry Regaby succeeds to his Viscountcy.
  • Terence and Bertie arrive on Sodor.
  • Thomas gets stuck in the snow, and Terence pulls him out.

1948

  • British Railways is formed from the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), the Southern Railway (SR) and the Great Western Railway (GWR).
    • The North Western Railway becomes officially known as the "North Western Region of British Railways".
      • Sir Topham Hatt is granted a Baronet on his appointment as Chairman of the Regional Executive, after Nationalisation.[18]
  • Thomas meets Bertie and befriends him after triumphing over him in a race.
  • Mr. Roger Sam is born.
  • The claybeds near Brendam are discovered and an industrial line is built to them.
  • The Corris Railway is closed.
    • Sir Haydn and Edward Thomas are sheeted.
  • 14 November: King Charles III is born.

1949

  • Harold is built.
  • The Slate Quarry begins to decline.
  • Tom Rolt is built.
  • Percy misunderstands a backing signal for his false cognate about the meaning.

1950s

1950

  • Sir Handel Brown dies; Handel Lloyd Brown succeeds to his Baronetcy.
  • David Hugh II is born.
  • Alf is built.

1951

  • Falcon and Stuart are sheeted.
  • Toby's tramway closes down.
    • Toby, Henrietta and Elsie arrive on Sodor shortly after.
  • Thomas gets in trouble with a new policeman.
  • Coffee Pot No. 2, Coffee Pot No. 3, and Coffee Pot No. 4 are all scrapped.
  • James crashes into some tar wagons.
  • Sir Handel Lloyd Brown marries Rachael Qualtrough.
  • David Hugh I retires.
  • Mrs. Kyndley rescues Thomas from a landslide near the Hackenbeck Tunnel.
  • Sir Haydn and Edward Thomas are purchased by the Talyllyn Railway.
  • Edward, Gordon and Henry have some incidents with some cows.
  • Ffarquhar Sheds gains one more berth after Toby's arrival, in total, two berths.
  • Rheneas Quarry opens.

1952

  • Bertie chases after a tardy Edward.
  • Trevor is sent to be scrapped, but is soon purchased by the Vicar of Wellsworth.
  • Rheneas is overhauled for a second time.
  • Stuart and Falcon are purchased by the Skarloey Railway and renamed "Peter Sam" and "Sir Handel" respectively.
  • Sir Charles Topham Hatt returns to Sodor, to become Chief Mechanical Engineer at Crovan's Gate and general assistant to his father.[18]
  • Edward is overhauled after chasing down and rescuing a runaway James.
  • Sir Handel is shut up in the shed after misbehaviour.
  • Peter Sam leaves the Refreshment Lady behind.
  • Skarloey is overhauled for a second time.
  • Gordon has an incident after falling in a ditch.
  • Gordon is demoted to only pulling goods trains.
    • During this time, he helps James with the express when leaves make the hill slippery.
  • Mrs. Kyndley returns home to Sodor from Bournemouth.
  • Thomas has an accident at the Toryreck Mines.
  • Sir Topham Hatt I hosts a Christmas party for Mrs. Kyndley.

1953

  • Harold arrives on Sodor.
  • Thomas is given back his branch line, and Gordon is chosen to pull Queen Elizabeth II's Royal Train.
  • Queen Elizabeth II visits Sodor.
  • Nancy is born.
  • Wilbert is built.
  • The Ministry of Defence approaches Sir Handel II to buy the nearly worked out slate quarry.
  • Alfred is built.
  • Douglas arrives at the Talyllyn Railway.
  • A television adaptation of The Railway Series is attempted, but fails.

1954

1955

  • Duck arrives on Sodor.[23]
  • Percy is permanently allocated to the Ffarquhar Branch Line[25]
  • Percy and Harold have a race on the Branch Line.
  • Ffarquhar Sheds is given one more berth, in total, three berths.
  • Gertrude and Millicent are bought by the Skarloey Railway.
  • The Railway Series celebrates its 10th anniversary.
  • British Railways proposes its Modernisation Plan.
  • Toby's last remaining brothers are withdrawn from service and scrapped.

1956

  • Sir Topham Hatt I dies; Charles Topham Hatt inherits his father's baronetcy.[18]
  • Knapford Junction is moved from south to north of the River Els.
  • Kevin Volley becomes stationmaster at Knapford.
  • The Big City Engine visits Sodor.
  • Jinty and Pug visit Sodor, while the engines of the North Western Railway visit London.
  • Diesel is built.
  • The cutting of hay begins on a farm on the Harbour Line.

1957

  • City of Truro visits Sodor.
  • Gordon loses his dome on the viaduct.
  • Diesel arrives on Sodor, but is shortly sent packing.
  • Diesel plots to tell lies about Duck
  • Duck crashes into the barbershop.
  • Rusty arrives on Sodor.
    • Mr. Ivo Hugh becomes his driver.
  • Midlander arrives on the Talyllyn Railway.

1958

  • Peter Sam has an accident with some slate trucks at the quarry.
  • Duncan arrives on Sodor.
  • Skarloey returns from being mended.
  • BBC producers make a documentary about the Skarloey Railway.
  • D5701 and BoCo are built.
  • 31 August: 8783 is withdrawn from service.

1959

  • British Railways Diesels#31120, D701 and 10751 are built.
  • Donald and Douglas arrive on Sodor.
  • Donald crashes into the signal box.
  • The Spiteful Brake Van is crushed by Douglas and scrapped.
  • The Thin Controller finds a Mid Sodor Railway bogie coach at Harwick and eight coaches are rescued.
  • 31 January: 8783 is scrapped.
  • Captain Baxter is withdrawn from service.

1960s

1960

  • Bulgy is built.
  • Thomas crashes into the stationmaster's house and is rebuilt for the second time with his running board straightened.
  • Daisy is built and arrives on Sodor.
  • Kevin Volley becomes stationmaster at Cronk.
  • The Ministry of Defence buys the empty slate quarry and the money is used for the construction of the Lakeside loop line.
  • Old Stuck-Up and Class 40 are built.
  • The Bluebell Railway is established and Stepney and Cromford arrive there after being withdrawn from service.

1961

  • Peter Sam goes into a tunnel and loses his old funnel.
  • Peter Sam is given a new Giesl Ejector funnel.
  • Sir Handel is given a pair of special wheels with broad tyres.
  • Rheneas returns to the Skarloey Railway.
  • Adams is withdrawn from service.
  • Mavis is built.

1962

  • Lord Harry, Alaric and Eric are built and arrive on Sodor for the Culdee Fell Railway.
  • A lime-covered Percy pretends to be a ghost and scares Thomas.
  • Stepney visits Sodor.
  • Class 40 arrives on Sodor, but is shortly sent packing.
  • The last of the Class 08 diesel locomotives are built.
  • Percy gets himself covered in treacle and hay.
  • Mavis arrives on Sodor and is officially sold to the Ffarquhar Quarry Company.

1963

  • Mavis becomes stuck on the wrong part of Toby's line.
  • Toby ends up on a "tightrope" bridge.
  • Culdee returns to the Culdee Fell Railway.
  • Lord Harry is renamed "Patrick".
  • Flying Scotsman is saved by Alan Pegler.
  • The Lakeside loop line extension begins construction.
  • D199 is built.

1964

  • The Arlesburgh branch is rebuilt.
  • Skarloey has his 100th birthday.
  • Bear is built.
  • King James I is withdrawn and scrapped.
  • British Railways is rebranded to British Rail.

1965

  • Shane Dooiney returns to the Culdee Fell Railway.
  • The one-hundredth anniversary of the Talyllyn and Skarloey Railways are celebrated.
    • Rheneas has his 100th birthday.
    • The loop line extension at Lakeside is opened.
  • BoCo arrives on Sodor.
  • Bill and Ben attempt to rescue their trucks from BoCo.
  • Gordon is switched by mistake onto Edward's Branch Line after a mishap with a lady wearing a green floppy hat causing the fireman to mistake her hat for a flag.
  • One of Edward's crank-pins breaks while taking an enthusiast train.
  • The Railway Series celebrates its 20th anniversary.

1966

  • Mike is built.
  • The Skarloey Railway becomes a Company instead of being in private ownership.
  • River Mite is built.
  • Gordon's last remaining brothers are withdrawn from service and scrapped.

1967

  • Sodor Railway Repair arrives on Sodor.
  • Blister I and Blister II arrive on Sodor for the construction of the Arlesdale Railway.
  • Bert, Rex and Mike soon arrive on Sodor to service the Arlesdale Railway.
  • Reverend W. Awdry and Reverend Teddy Boston visit Sodor.
  • The small engines have some incidents:
    • Bert is splashed with mud by the clergymen's car.
    • Mike loses his whistle.
    • Rex has an accident with wool.
  • Frank arrives on Sodor.
  • Flying Scotsman visits Sodor.
  • D199 and D7101 arrive on Sodor, but D199 is shortly sent packing after he fails on the level crossing.
  • The Arlesburgh branch is re-opened, to be serviced by Duck.
  • Duck plays a joke on Donald, who makes friends with Dilly the duckling.
  • Oliver, Isabel and Toad are rescued by Douglas and arrive on Sodor.
  • D7101 is named "Bear" and renumbered D3.
  • Dulcie, Alice and Mirabel are saved from scrap for service with Oliver and Duck.

1968

  • Oliver has an accident on the turntable well after being pushed by the ballast trucks.
  • S.C. Ruffey is pulled apart by Oliver and scrapped.
  • Kevin Volley retires and lives out his life at Ffarquhar.
  • Bulgy arrives on Sodor and is shortly turned into a henhouse after getting stuck under a bridge.
  • D5701 is withdrawn from service.
    • 12 August: The Fifteen Guinea Special runs, and then standard gauge steam traction officially ends on British Rail.

1969

  • Sigrid of Arlesdale is built and arrives on Sodor.
  • Duke is discovered by Mr. Fergus Duncan, the Reverend W. Awdry and the Reverend Teddy Boston.
  • D5701 is scrapped.
  • Flying Scotsman begins his tour of the United States.

1970s

1970

  • The Dean Forest Railway becomes a heritage railway.
  • Sir Stephen Topham Hatt marries Helen Margaret.
  • The siding at Cros-ny-Cuirn is extended to make a passing loop.
  • The Railway Series celebrates its 25th anniversary.

1971

  • Robert Sam dies.

1972

1973

  • Bert is rebuilt.
  • Flying Scotsman is sold to Sir William McAlpine and returns to England after touring the United States.
  • 10 November: The first three books in The Railway Series are published in Japan.

1974

  • Charles Nicholas Hatt is born.

1975

  • Stepney's 100th birthday.
  • The National Railway Museum is built and purchases Mallard.
  • The Railway Series celebrates its 30th anniversary.
  • Bloomer arrives on Sodor.
  • Bloomer visits Shildon to take part in a cavalcade for the 150th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

1976

1977

  • Emily Helen Hatt is born.
  • A Motorail Terminal is opened at Killdane.
  • Tom Tipper temporarily runs his mail deliveries with a bike instead of his post van.
  • The Dean Forest Railway ends commercial operations.

1978

  • Thomas saves the Ffarquhar Stationmaster's stolen car.

1979

  • A replica of Stephenson's Rocket is built.
  • Duke and Coronel Church's 100th birthdays.
  • Thomas, Percy and Duck triple head the express after Gordon and Henry become ill.

1980s

1980

  • Roger Sam becomes the new Thin Controller.
  • Richard Awdry (Christopher's son) is born.

1982

  • Duke is overhauled.
  • Sir Handel visits the Talyllyn Railway.
  • Old Stuck-Up visits Sodor, but leaves after crashing into the sheds.
  • Captain Baxter is rebuilt.
  • Pip and Emma are built.

1983

  • 12 September: Christopher Awdry becomes the new writer for the Railway Series.
  • Old Stuck-Up and Class 40 are withdrawn and scrapped.

1984

  • Sir Charles Topham Hatt retires; Sir Stephen Topham Hatt III becomes the Fat Controller.
  • Sir Handel returns from the Talyllyn Railway.
  • The National Railway Museum purchases City of Truro.
  • 9 October: The Railway Series' television adaptation airs for the first time.

1985

  • Skarloey is overhauled for a third time. He would return in May.
  • September: The Skarloey Funicular Railway and its engines are built.
  • The Iron Duke replica is built.
  • Sigrid is re-engined.
  • The Railway Series celebrates its 40th anniversary.

1986

  • 1 April: The Reverend Teddy Boston dies.
  • The Refreshment Lady dies.

1987

  • Thomas is sent to work at Edward's Branch Line temporarily while a bridge is being repaired on his branch line.
  • Mavis is involved in a collision with a lorry.
  • Bulstrode is turned into a children's playground on a beach.
  • The National Coal Board is disbanded.

1988

  • Peter Sam visits the Talyllyn Railway.
  • Flying Scotsman tours Australia.
  • Thomas returns to his branch line.
  • Mallard celebrates the 50th anniversary of breaking the record run and works a series of railtours under the banner "Mallard 88", before being returned to static display at the National Railway Museum.

1989

  • Fred is built and put into service on the Skarloey Railway.
  • 21 March: Margaret Emily Wale Awdry dies, aged 77.

1990s

1990

  • Flying Scotsman returns to England from touring Australia.
  • Thomas is invited to a railway show in York, England.
  • Frank is re-engined.
  • Ralph is dismantled and stored off-site.

1991

  • Mr. Ivo Hugh retires, with David Hugh II succeeding him as the current foreman of the Skarloey Railway.
  • Tom Rolt arrives on the Talyllyn Railway and is rebuilt.
  • Thomas returns from the railway show in York, England.
  • 31120 is withdrawn from service.

1992

  • Henry is overhauled.
  • Eryri is dismantled and stored off-site.

1993

  • Wilbert visits Sodor.

1994

  • 27 October: George Edward Vere Awdry dies, aged 78.
  • British Railways is privatised until 1997.
  • Bert's 100th birthday.
  • 31120 is scrapped.
  • The television series celebrates its 10th anniversary.

1995

  • The Golden Jubilee of The Railway Series is celebrated.
  • Prince Charles (King Charles III) visits Sodor.

1996

  • Edward's 100th birthday.
  • Peter Sam returns to the Skarloey Railway to help with the extra work.
  • Flying Scotsman is sold to Tony Marchington.
  • Ivo Hugh is built.

1997

  • 21 March: The Reverend W. Awdry dies, aged 85.
  • Sir Charles Topham Hatt II dies; Stephen Topham Hatt inherits his father's Baronetcy.
  • 20 November: British Rail ceases operations.

1999

  • Harold's 50th birthday.

21st Century

2000s

2000

  • Ernest, Wilfred, Culdee and Shane Dooiney's 100th birthday.
  • 4 June: 100th anniversary of Godred's accident.

2002

  • Rheneas is overhauled.
  • The Corris Railway is reopened.

2003

  • City of Truro's 100th birthday.

2004

  • Sir Handel's 100th birthday.
  • The National Railway Museum purchases Flying Scotsman.
  • The television series celebrates its 20th anniversary.

2005

  • The Railway Series celebrates its 60th anniversary.
  • Duncan visits the Talyllyn Railway.

2007

  • The manager of Ffarquhar Quarry is visited by the police after Henrietta is booked for allowing workmen to ride on her balconies.
  • Victoria is restored and returned to service.

2008

  • Mallard celebrates the 70th anniversary of breaking the record run.

2009

  • Donald and Douglas' 100th birthday.

2010s

2010

  • The Railway Series celebrates its 65th anniversary.
  • Stepney, Bluebell and Captain Baxter's overhauls are completed and the Bluebell Railway celebrates its 50th anniversary.
  • Wilbert is scheduled to be back in service after a major overhaul.

2011

  • Pip and Emma are purchased by the North Western Railway.
  • 6 July: The forty-second and final book in The Railway Series is published.
  • The North Western Railway celebrates the Reverend W. Awdry's 100th birthday.
  • Prince Charles (King Charles III) visits Sodor once again.

2012

  • Wilbert is returned to service.
  • James' 100th Birthday.
  • 18 March: Alan Pegler dies, aged 91.

2013

  • Mallard celebrates the 75th anniversary of the record run with the remaining five LNER Class A4's.
  • 25 November: Hilary Fortnam dies, aged 67.

2014

  • The North Western Railway celebrates its 100th anniversary.
  • Toby's 100th birthday.
  • Stepney is withdrawn from service, following the failure of his main steam pipe.
  • The television series celebrates its 30th anniversary.

2015

  • The Railway Series celebrates its 70th anniversary.
  • The Skarloey Railway celebrates its 150th anniversary.
  • The Bluebell Railway celebrates its 55th anniversary.
  • The North Western Railway celebrates running for over 100 years.
  • Thomas' 100th birthday.

2016

  • Flying Scotsman returns to steam in England.
  • The North Western Railway celebrates the Reverend W. Awdry's 105th birthday.
  • Ivo Hugh's 20th birthday.
  • Bertie's 70th birthday.

2017

  • The Arlesdale Railway celebrates its 50th anniversary.
  • Fergus Duncan retires from being controller of the Arlesdale Railway.

2018

  • Mallard celebrates the 80th anniversary of the record run.

2019

  • Henry's 100th birthday.
  • Harold's 70th birthday.

2020s

2020

  • The Railway Series celebrates its 75th anniversary.
  • 100 years since construction of Gordon began at Doncaster.
  • Peter Sam's 100th birthday.

2021

  • The North Western Railway celebrates the Reverend W. Awdry's 110th birthday.
  • Gordon's 100th birthday.
  • Bertie's 75th birthday.
  • Mavis' 60th birthday.
  • Thomas & Friends ends and is replaced with Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go.

2022

2023

  • 24 February: Flying Scotsman's 100th birthday.
  • Rex's 100th birthday.
  • Mallard celebrates the 85th anniversary of the record run.

2024

  • 20 August: The Reverend Teddy Boston's 100th birthday.
  • The Thomas & Friends television series celebrates its 40th anniversary.
  • Harold's 75th birthday.
  • Terence's 90th birthday.
  • The North Western Railway celebrates its 110th anniversary.
  • 25 December: Britt Allcroft dies, aged 81.

2025

  • The Railway Series celebrates its 80th anniversary.
  • The railways of England celebrate 200 years since the first steam engines ran on the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

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