This is a timeline chronicling major events of the Railway Series.

Contents 1 1806 2 1810 3 1853 4 1864 5 1865 6 1866 7 1870 8 1875 9 1879 10 1880 11 1883 12 1896 13 1897 14 1900 15 1901 16 1903 17 1904 18 1911 19 1912 20 1914 21 1915 22 1916 23 1917 24 1920 25 1921 26 1922 27 1923 28 1924 29 1936 30 1939 31 1940 32 1941 33 1943 34 1947 35 1948 36 1949 37 1950 38 1951 39 1952 40 1953 41 1955 42 1956 43 1957 44 1958 45 1959 46 1961 47 1962 48 1963 49 1964 50 1965 51 1966 52 1967 53 1968 54 1969 55 1976 56 1980 57 1983 58 1984 59 1985 60 1986 61 1987 62 1990 63 1993 64 1994 65 1995 66 1996 67 1997 68 2006 69 2007 70 2010 71 2011

1806Edit

• Plateway from Ward Fell to Balladwail built.

1810Edit

• Plateway from Ward Fell to Balladwail is closed and torn up.

1853Edit

• The Sodor and Mainland Railway is built.

1864Edit

• Skarloey is built.
• Talyllyn is built.

1865Edit

• Skarloey arrives on Sodor.

1866Edit

• Rheneas is built and arrives on Sodor.
• Dolgoch is built.
• Skarloey has trailing wheels added to improve stability, and has a cab installed.

1870Edit

• The Wellsworth-Suddery Railway is opened.

1875Edit

• Stepney is built.

1879Edit

• Duke is built, and shipped to Sodor.

1880Edit

• The Mid Sodor Railway is opened.
• Sir Topham Hatt I is born.
• Boxhill is built.

1883Edit

• The Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Light Railway is opened.

1896Edit

• Godred arrives on Sodor.
• Ernest arrives on Sodor.
• Culdee arrives on Sodor.
• Shane Dooiney arrives on Sodor.

1897Edit

• Construction on the Culdee Fell Railway begins.
• Wilfred arrives on Sodor.

1900Edit

• The Culdee Fell Railway is opened.
• Godred is scrapped after a fall.

1901Edit

• The Culdee Fell Railway is re-opened after receiving further maintainance following the events of Godred's death.

1903Edit

• City of Truro is built

1904Edit

• City of Truro becomes the first engine to reach 100mph.

1911Edit

• The Reverend W. Awdry is born.

1912Edit

• Stepney is rebuilt.

1914Edit

• The North Western Railway is formed from the Sodor and Mainland, the Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Light and the Wellsworth and Suddery railways.
• Sir Topham Hatt II is born.

1915Edit

• Thomas arrives on Sodor.
• The Ballahoo tunnel is built.
• The workshops at Crovan's Gate are established.

1916Edit

• The Tidmouth-Arlesburgh branch is built.

1917Edit

• The Peel Godred electric engines arrive on Sodor.

1920Edit

• Edward arrives on Sodor.

1921Edit

• Edward is rebuilt.

1922Edit

• Gordon arrives on Sodor.
• Flying Scotsman is built.
• Henry arrives on Sodor.
• The red engine arrives on Sodor.
• 98462 and 87546 arrive on Sodor and are shortly sent packing.
• A second bore is cut for the Ballahoo tunnel after Henry stops in the original.

1923Edit

• James arrives on Sodor and is overhauled.
• Thomas is given his branch line.

1924Edit

• The Reverend Teddy Boston is born.

1936Edit

• Green Arrow is built.

1939Edit

• Gordon is rebuilt.

1940Edit

• Christopher Awdry is born.

1941Edit

• Stephen Topham Hatt is born.

1943Edit

• Bridget Amanda Hatt is born.

1947Edit

• The Mid Sodor Railway and the Tidmouth-Arlesburgh branches are closed.
• Duke is sheeted and abandoned in a shed.
• Falcon and Stuart are purchased by the aluminium works at Peel Godred for an expansion project.

1948Edit

• The North Western Railway becomes officially known as the "North Western Region of British Railways".
• Bertie arrives on Sodor.
• Terence arrives on Sodor.

1949Edit

• Henry, Gordon, and James go on strike.
• Percy arrives on Sodor.

1950Edit

• Henry is overhauled.
• Rheneas is overhauled.
• Falcon and Stuart are sheeted.
• Henry is rebuilt into an LMS Stanier Class 5 following his crash.

1951Edit

• Toby's tramway closes down.
• Toby arrives on Sodor.
• Stuart and Falcon are purchased by the Skarloey Railway and renamed "Peter Sam" and "Sir Handel" respectively.
• Skarloey is overhauled
• Cora is purchased for the Skarloey Railway.

1952Edit

• Trevor is sent to be scrapped.
• Queen Elizabeth II visits Sodor.

1953Edit

• Trevor is purchased by the Vicar.
• Edward is overhauled.

1955Edit

• Duck arrives on Sodor.
• Mark V arrives on Sodor.
• Gertrude and Millicent arrive on sodor.

1956Edit

• Sir Topham Hatt I dies.

1957Edit

• City of Truro visits Sodor.
• Diesel visits Sodor.
• Ada, Jane and Mabel arrive on sodor.

1958Edit

• Rusty arrives on Sodor.
• Duncan arrives on Sodor.
• Skarloey returns from being mended.
• BBC producers make a documentary about the Skarloey Railway.

1959Edit

• Donald and Douglas arrive on Sodor.
• The spiteful breakvan is crushed by Douglas.

1961Edit

• Daisy arrives on Sodor.
• The Peel Godred EMUs arrive on Sodor.

1962Edit

• Mavis arrives on Sodor.
• Rheneas returns to the Skarloey Railway.
• Lord Harry arrives on Sodor.
• Alaric arrives on Sodor.
• Eric arrives on Sodor.

1963Edit

• Stepney visits Sodor.
• The Diesel visits Sodor.

1964Edit

• The Tidmouth-Arlesburgh branch is re-opened, to be serviced by Duck.
• Culdee returns to the Culdee Fell Railway.
• Lord Harry is renamed "Patrick".

1965Edit

• Shane Dooiney returns to the Culdee Fell Railway.
• The one-hundredth anniversary of the Skarloey Railway is celebrated.
• BoCo arrives on Sodor.

1966Edit

• Bill and Ben arrive on Sodor.

1967Edit

• Bert, Mike and Rex arrive on Sodor to service the Arlesdale Railway.
• Reverend W. Awdry and Reverend Teddy Boston visit Sodor.

1968Edit

• 7101 arrives on Sodor.
• Flying Scotsman visits Sodor.
• 199 arrives on Sodor along with 7101, and is sent back after he fails on the level crossing.
• 7101 is renamed "Bear" and renumbered D3.
• Oliver, Isabel and Toad are rescued by Douglas and arrive on Sodor.
• Dulcie, Alice and Mirabel are saved from scrap for service with Oliver and Duck.
• S. C. Ruffey is scrapped.

1969Edit

• Bulgy arrives on Sodor.
• Duke is discovered by Fergus Duncan, the Reverend W. Awdry and the Reverend Teddy Boston.

1976Edit

• Jock is built.
• Bert is rebuilt with a larger boiler.

1980Edit

• Thomas is overhauled.

1983Edit

• Old Stuck-Up visits Sodor.
• Duke is fully restored.
• Sir Handel visits the Talyllyn Railway.

1984Edit

• Annie and Clarabel are rebuilt.

1985Edit

• Blister I and Blister II arrive on Sodor.

1986Edit

• Sir Handel is rebuilt.
• The Reverend Teddy Boston dies.
• Sigrid of Arlesdale arrives on Sodor.

1987Edit

• Mavis is involved in a collision with a lorry.
• Bulstrode is turned into a children's playground on a beach.

1990Edit

• After Privatisation, the name "North Western Railway" becomes official.
• Thomas is invited to a railway show in York.
• Frank is re-engined.

1993Edit

• Henry is overhauled.

1994Edit

• Wilbert visits Sodor.
• Barry is rescued and arrives on Sodor.

1995Edit

• The Golden Jubilee of the Railway Series is celebrated.

1996Edit

• Ivo Hugh is built.

1997Edit

• The Reverend W. Awdry dies.
• Sir Topham Hatt II dies.

2006Edit

• The manager of Anopha Quarry is visited by the police after Henrietta is booked for allowing workmen to ride on her balconies.

2007Edit

• Victoria is returned to service.

2010Edit

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

2011Edit

• Pip and Emma are purchased by the North Western Railway.
• The North Western Railway celebrates the Reverend W. Awdry's 100th birthday.