The Depot is a large railway depot with multiple sheds on the Skarloey Railway. It is located between Cros-ny-Cuirn and Bluebell Valley.
History and Operations
Thomas & Friends
The Depot is the main area where the Skarloey Railway engines sleep and collect their trains. The sheds consist of two brick sheds, one single lined, one double and a double lined open wooden shed. There is also a goods station at the depot and Mr. Percival's House is located opposite. Lots of trucks have been kept here and the depot is usually quite busy. Since the sixteenth season, a standard gauge line which is a part of Stepney's Branch Line has been added and runs through the depot.
It was introduced in the sixth season, replacing the Crovan's Gate Sheds.
Appearances
Thomas & Friends
- Season 6 - Faulty Whistles
- Season 7 - The Old Bridge, The Refreshment Lady's Tea Shop, Rheneas and the Roller Coaster, The Runaway Elephant, The Grand Opening and Trusty Rusty
- Season 9 - The Magic Lamp (deleted scene)
- Season 11 - Cool Truckings, Skarloey Storms Through and Wash Behind Your Buffers
- Season 12 - The Party Surprise and Duncan and the Hot Air Balloon
- Season 16 - Don't Bother Victor!
- Season 18 - Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger and Duncan the Humbug
- Season 19 - Snow Place Like Home
Specials
- 2008 - The Great Discovery
- 2012 - Blue Mountain Mystery
Trivia
- In Blue Mountain Mystery and the sixteenth season, the open wooden shed section was repainted green, but returned to its original brown livery in the eighteenth season.
| Locomotives | Stepney | Flora |
|---|---|
| Former | Sodor Tramway Engines |
| Rolling Stock | Branch Line Coaches | Flora's Tram Coach |
| People | Stepney's Controller |
| Locations | Skarloey Railway Depot | Bluebell Valley (Engine Sheds) | Rolling River Bridge (Junction) | Green Hills Junction (The Man in the Hills) | Great Waterton (Engine Sheds) | Morgan's Mine |