- “Sling my hook - we don't fix cars!”
- ― Kevin, Charlie and Eddie, fourteenth season
The Sodor Steamworks, introduced in Hero of the Rails, is situated along the mainline at Crovan's Gate. It is the repair yard for the North Western Railway, where all the essential components for steam engines are made and heavy overhauls are carried out. The company's logo is a chimney with steam coming out surrounded by a large cog wheel and can be found on their locomotives, rolling stock, vehicles and staff uniforms.
Equipment
The site of the Steamworks consists of:
- Transfer Table with dual gauge rails
- Turntable
- Foundry
- Forge with a steam hammer
- Boiler Shop
- Machinery Area with Lathes
- Painting Area
- Hot-Air Blowers
- Locomotive Hoist
- Inspection Pit
- Assembly Area with standard gauge and narrow gauge railway lines
- Storage Shed outside the Steamworks for Kevin and Victor to sleep at night
- Coal hopper on the side of the building
Trivia
- Whilst the feature-length special Hero of the Rails was being developed, David Eves came up with the creation of the Sodor Steamworks as one of his last contributions. The idea was luckily accepted by the writers and the new animators.
- Although it is titled the Sodor Steamworks, Diesel engines have been repaired there before.
- In the fifteenth season, Henry got his "special coal" from the hopper here. However, it was confirmed in King of the Railway that Henry does not need "special coal" anymore, so it may just be a normal coal hopper now.
- The Skarloey Railway connects with the Steamworks.
- As of the eighteenth season, there are barriers at each berth of the Steamworks. In the latter half of the same season, the buffers near the turntable have been removed and the narrow-gauge track has been re-positioned by a few feet. The turntable itself also gains a second track, running perpendicular to the original. Also, the two tracks connecting to the transfer table appear to have become dual-gauge.
Merchandise
- Take-n-Play
- TrackMaster
- Wooden Railway (discontinued)
- Wind-up Trains
- Mega Bloks (discontinued)
- Tomica
Gallery
The transfer table
A worker cleans Henry's firebox
Spencer on the hoist
Thomas inside the Steamworks
Kevin and Victor's shed
Aerial view of the Steamworks
The Steamworks at night
Kevin, Victor, and Thomas with Annie and Clarabel at the Steamworks
Victor outside the Steamworks
A Steamworks workman
The hot-air blowers
Percy in the hot-air bay
Victor and Toby
Thomas on the steamworks turntable
Edward behind the Steamworks
The Steamworks in the seventeenth season
The Steamworks in the eighteenth season
Gator in the Steamworks
A promo shot of Thomas and Sir Topham Hatt outside the Steamworks
Thomas promo
Edward promo
Toby promo
Thomas, Hiro, Charlie, Victor and Kevin promo
Percy outside the steamworks in the Hero of the Rails Wii game
Merchandise Gallery
Wooden Railway
2014 Wooden Railway
Take-n-Play
TrackMaster Spin and Fix Thomas set
Mega Bloks
Tomica
Wind-up