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The Blue Mountain Quarry is a large slate quarry located in the mountains, near the bottom of Shane Dooiney on the Skarloey Railway. It has replaced the Skarloey Slate Quarry. The company is responsible for the supplying and transportation of slate and stone on the Island of Sodor.

History and Operations

The Skarloey Railway engines work primarily at the quarry, transporting and delivering the slate and stone to wherever it is needed around the island. Merrick and Owen are based here. The company owns many other vehicles that also assist with the workload. Many standard gauge engines have been known to work here, most frequently, Paxton, who carries the stone and slate along the standard gauge lines, where the smaller engines are unable to travel.

Blondin Bridge is also located at the quarry. The bridge once collapsed while being crossed by Rheneas, leading to the little engine becoming a runaway through the quarry. It was later rebuilt.[1]

Since the seventeenth series, the narrow gauge line to the quarry has been changed to dual gauge to accommodate the standard gauge engines. A junction for the quarry is located north of Whiff's Waste Dump.

The company's logo consists of an incline with a truck on the ramp, the mountainous landscape as a backdrop, and the initials of BMQ (Blue Mountain Quarry) situated at the bottom of the logo. All of the quarry vehicles acquire this logo on their liveries.

Locomotives

Standard Gauge

Narrow Gauge

Other Machines

Staff

Appearances

Trivia

  • The inspiration for the quarry came from the Dinorwic and Penrhyn Quarries.

Merchandise


References



* RWS only | ** T&F only | --- Dropped

* RWS only | ** T&F only
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