Timeline

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

=10th Century=

960

 * Earl Sigurd of Orkney is born.

979

 * Godred MacHarold becomes King of Sodor and Man.

980s

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

987

 * Harold the Black is born.

989

 * Earl Sigurd of Orkney dies.
 * Godred MacHarold is killed in a battle on the Isle of Man.

=11th Century=

1009

 * Thorfinn is born.

1014

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

1034

 * Thorfinn seizes control of the kingdom of Sodor and Man.
 * Harold the Black is driven to exile in Iceland.

1043

 * Ogmund is born.

1045

 * Godred Crovan is born.

1047

 * Harold the Black dies in a failed attempt to reclaim his kingdom.

1054

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

1061

 * Sigmund is born.

1065

 * Thorfinn dies; his sons, Erland and Paul, rule jointly over Sodor and Man.

1067

 * Godred Crovan reclaims the kingdom of Sodor and Man.
 * Thorkell arrives on Sodor and settles at Kellsthorpe.
 * Ulf arrives on Sodor.

1070

 * Roolwer becomes Bishop of Sodor and Man.
 * Ulfstead Castle is completed.

1071

 * Under Roolwer, work begins on Suddery cathedral.

1079

 * Roolwer dies on a visit to the Isle of Man and is buried at Kirk Maughold.

1089

 * The first Norman invasion of Sodor takes place.

1095

 * Godred Crovan dies of pestilence.

=12th Century=

1104

 * The castle at Cronk is completed.

1150

 * Cronk Abbey is founded.

1160

 * St Tibba's Nunnery is established at Wellsworth

=15th Century=

1404

 * Sodor is annexed by England.
 * Sir Arnold de Normanby becomes the first Earl of Sodor and is granted control of Ulfstead Castle.

=16th Century=

1540

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

=17th Century=

1659

 * James Catherick's remains are laid at Crosby church.

1665

 * Rolf's Castle is rebuilt.

=19th Century=

1802

 * The Coalbrookdale Locomotive is built.

1806

 * Plateway from Ward Fell to Balladwail is built and opened.

1810

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

1813

 * The Dean Forest Railway is built and opened.

1820

 * Plateway from Ward Fell to Balladwail is rebuilt and extended up the Benglas valley to the mine.

1822

 * John Arnold Norramby is born.

1829

 * Stephenson's Rocket is built.

1836

 * The Ffestiniog Railway is constructed.

1837

 * Euston station is built.

1840

 * Stephenson's Rocket is retired from service.

1851

 * Bloomer is built.

1852

 * King's Cross station is built.

1853

 * The Act to build the Sodor and Mainland Railway is passed by government.

1854

 * Paddington station is built.
 * Henry John Norramby is born.
 * Vere Awdry (Reverend W. Awdry's father) is born.

1859

 * The Corris Railway is constructed.

1861

 * Sodor and Mainland Railway is opened.
 * Stations at Rolf's Castle, Crovan's Gate and Ballahoo (RWS) are built.
 * Neil is built this year and arrives on Sodor.

1863

 * Prince is built.

1864

 * Talyllyn and Skarloey are built.
 * Albert Regaby is born.
 * Prince arrives at the Ffestiniog Railway.

1865

 * The Sodor and Mainland Railway is extended to Kirk Ronan.
 * Skarloey arrives on Sodor and assists the construction of the Skarloey Railway.
 * Stations at Kirk Ronan and Crovan's Gate are built.
 * Rheneas is built and arrives in time for the BoT inspection and official opening of the railway in October.
 * Agnes, Ruth, Jemima and Beatrice are built for the Skarloey Railway.
 * Talyllyn arrives in Wales and the Talyllyn Railway is constructed.

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.

1870

 * The Wellsworth and Suddery Railway is opened.
 * Stations at Crosby and Wellsworth and Suddery are built.
 * Two Manning Wardle 0-6-0STs are purchased by the railway and arrive on Sodor.
 * The people of Peel Godred plan for a railway to be built.

1872

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

1873

 * Brendam School is founded.

1874

 * The Mid Sodor Railway is opened.

1875

 * Stepney is built.
 * Sir Handel Brown I is born.
 * The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway is constructed.

1877

 * Captain Baxter is built.

1878

 * Coronel Church is built and arrives in Brazil.
 * Sir Haydn is built and arrives on the Corris Railway.

1879

 * Duke is ordered.
 * Coronel Church is abandoned in the Amazon Rainforest.

1880

 * Duke is shipped to Sodor.
 * Mid Sodor Railway's extension to Arlesdale Road is opened.
 * Sir Topham Hatt I is born.
 * Boxhill is built.
 * Cromford is built.

1881

 * The Wellsworth and Suddery Railway purchases a Sharp Stewart 0-6-0T from the Cornwall Minerals Railway.
 * Robert Sam, father of Mr. Peter Sam is born.

1882

 * Victoria and Helena are built for the Furness Railway.
 * Barrow-in-Furness station is built.
 * The Bluebell Railway is opened.

1883

 * Charles Henry Norramby is born.
 * The Elsbridge & Knapford Railway is formed.
 * Irene is built.

1884

 * Henrietta is built.
 * Elsie is built.

1885

 * Adams is built.
 * Knapford station is built.
 * Knapford Harbour is opened.

1886

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

1891

 * Albert is rebuilt.

1894

 * John Arnold Norramby dies.
 * Bert is built.
 * Topham Hatt is apprenticed at Swindon Works.

1895

 * L.A.D.A.S., Enid and Wyddfa are built and arrive in Wales.

1896

 * Edward is built.
 * Snowdon, Moel Siabod are built and arrive in Wales.
 * The Snowdon Mountain Railway is opened.
 * L.A.D.A.S. is scrapped after a fall.

1897

 * February: Construction on the Culdee Fell Railway begins.
 * Skarloey returns to Whitehaven for an overhaul.

=20th Century=

1900

 * Godred, Ernest, Wilfred, Culdee and Shane Dooiney are built and arrive on Sodor.
 * 4th June: The Culdee Fell Railway is opened, but is temporarily closed just over a month later when Godred takes a fall.
 * Godred is scrapped.
 * The Wellsworth and Suddery Railway is extended to Brendam and the old wharf at Suddery is closed.
 * The Mid Sodor Railway extend to King Orry's Bridge, Arlesdale Road closes.
 * Skarloey Slate Quarry opens.

1901

 * 8th April: The Culdee Fell Railway is re-opened after receiving further maintenance following the events of Godred's accident.
 * Sir Topham Hatt comes to Sodor and joins A.W. Dry and Company.
 * Sodor and Mainland Railway goes bankrupt and becomes dormant.
 * The Sodor and Mainland engines have all been scrapped by this year.
 * The Motive Power Depot of the S&M is closed.

1903

 * City of Truro is built.
 * Kevin Volley is born.

1904

 * 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.
 * Falcon is given his name and blue livery by the Mid Sodor Railway.
 * Also, while double-heading "The Picnic Train" with Duke, he had an accident at the Mountain Road, luckily, he was rescued and brought back on the rails.

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.
 * 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

 * Donald and Douglas are built.
 * Coronel Church is discovered.

1910

 * Bluebell and Primrose are built.
 * The Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Light Railway is opened.
 * Tidmouth station is built.
 * Coffee Pots No. 3 is built.
 * Sir Topham Hatt marries Jane Brown.
 * Falcon returns to Loughborough to have trailing wheels fitted.

1911

 * 15th June: The Reverend W. Awdry is born.
 * Barbara Jane, daughter of Sir Topham Hatt, is born.
 * City of Truro is rebuilt.

1912

 * James is built.
 * 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.
 * Margaret Emily Wale Awdry is born.
 * Coronel Church is restored and returned to service.

1913

 * Boxhill is restored.

1914

 * The North Western Railway is formed from the Sodor and Mainland Railway and the Tidmouth, Wellsworth and Suddery Railway.
 * Sir Charles Topham Hatt II is born.
 * Toby is built.
 * World War I begins.

1915

 * The North Western Railway is built.
 * Stations at Maron, Cronk, Killdane, Kellsthorpe Road and Norramby are built.
 * The Norramby Branch Line is built.
 * Albert Regaby becomes chairman of the North Western Railway.
 * Thomas is built and arrives on Sodor.
 * Edward arrives on Sodor.
 * The Ballahoo Tunnel is built.
 * The workshops at Crovan's Gate are established.
 * The North Western Railways' Motive Power Depot and Administrative Headquarters at Vicarstown are built.
 * Vicarstown Station, Bridge and Sheds are built.
 * Kevin Volley joins the North Western Railway as a lad/porter at Knapford.
 * Mr. Peter Sam is born.
 * Henry John Norramby dies.
 * City of Truro is rebuilt a second time.
 * A naval base is established at Harwick

1916

 * The Arlesburgh branch line is built.
 * 10th August: George Edward Vere Awdry is born.

1917

 * Stanley is built.

1918

 * Robert Charles is born.
 * World War I ends.
 * Douglas is built.

1919

 * Plans for the engine that becomes Henry are stolen from Doncaster.
 * Adams is sent to work on Colonel Stephens' East Kent Light Railway

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.
 * 16th 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

 * Padarn is built and arrives in Wales.
 * Henry arrives on Sodor.
 * A second bore is built in the tunnel after Henry stops in the original and he was bricked up as punishment by Sir Topham Hatt I for refusing to come out of the tunnel.

1923

 * Flying Scotsman is built.
 * The Peel Godred Power Company and the North Western Railway plan to build a new branch line.
 * The branch line is opened.
 * Kirk Machan Station is extended so the NWR engines can bring passengers to the Culdee Fell Railway.
 * Peel Godred and Abbey stations are built.
 * Gordon arrives on Sodor.
 * Sir Topham Hatt becomes General Manager of the North Western Railway.
 * Rex is built.
 * Ralph and Eryri are built and arrive in Wales.
 * River Esk is built and arrives at the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway.
 * 87546 and 98462 and the Red Engines arrive on Sodor and are shortly sent packing.
 * 8783 is built.
 * Gordon gets stuck at the Main Line Hill and was helped by Edward, and the hill was nicknamed "Gordon's Hill" after the incident.
 * Henry is freed from the tunnel.

1924

 * 20th August: The Reverend Teddy Boston is born.
 * Sir Handel Lloyd Brown II is born.
 * Gordon takes Thomas on a high speed run across the Island.
 * Henry begins to present problems.
 * Thomas takes Henry's train but leaves the coaches behind.
 * Jinty is built.
 * Lemberg is built.
 * The Ffarquhar Quarry is founded by Jabez Croarie.

1925

 * Thomas takes Edward's trucks out on the Main Line but cannot handle them.
 * James arrives on Sodor.
 * Annie and Clarabel arrive on Sodor to assist with the construction of the Ffarquhar Branch Line and were given to Thomas.
 * The old route of the Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Railway is reopened as a branch line to Ffarquhar and Thomas takes charge of the line.
 * Elsbridge Viaduct is built.
 * Hackenbeck station is built.
 * Ffarquhar Sheds is opened for Thomas.
 * The NWR/LMS agreement is made.
 * The North Western Railway starts running to Barrow-in-Furness.
 * The Motive Power Depot and Administrative Headquarters are moved to Tidmouth.
 * The Crovan's Gate Works are expanded.
 * James caused a leak in one of the coaches' brake pipe in the middle of the Main Line and was shut up in the shed.
 * James becomes one of the spare engines for the Wild Nor' Wester after Gordon presented problems by switching from the Main Line on to the branch.
 * The Toryreck mines begin to decline.
 * Pretty Polly is built.

1926

 * The Sodor Aluminium Company is formed.
 * 21st April: Queen Elizabeth II is born.
 * Caroline is built.

1927

 * Vicarstown Sheds is closed.
 * Kevin Volley becomes booking clerk of Elsbridge.
 * The road bridge crossing River Els at Elsbridge is widened to accommodate more traffic.

1928

 * Stanley is turned into a pumping engine.
 * Duncan is built.
 * 12th June: Vere Awdry dies.
 * King James I is built.
 * Smaller sheds are built at Vicarstown.

1929

 * Duck is built.
 * The Great Depression begins.

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

 * Blister I and Blister II are built.
 * Pug is built.

1934

 * Oliver is built.
 * Terence is built.
 * 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.
 * Bahamas is built.
 * The Isle of Man steamers stop arriving at Arlesburgh, so the traffic to Peel Godred stops too.

1936

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

1937

 * Rheneas is overhauled.
 * Sir Charles Topham Hatt leaves Sodor for railway service overseas.
 * Judy is built.

1938

 * Barbara Jane marries Henry Regaby, Viscount Harwick.
 * Mallard is built and sets the world speed record for a steam engine: 126mph.
 * Duchess of Hamilton is built.

1939

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

1940

 * 2nd July: Christopher Awdry is born.
 * Sir Charles Topham Hatt marries Amanda, daughter of Mr. Jabez Croarie of Ffarquhar.
 * Richard Robert Norramby is born.
 * Toad is built.
 * Midlander is built.

1941

 * Sir Stephen Topham Hatt III is born.
 * Barrow Station is destroyed by the Luftwaffe in the Barrow Blitz.
 * Charles Henry dies.
 * 18th December: Veronica Awdry Chambers is born.
 * The Great Depression ends.

1942

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

1943

 * Bridget Amanda Hatt is born.
 * 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.

1945

 * 12th 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.
 * The Mid Sodor Railway mines are closed one by one.
 * 7th 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.
 * Stanley finally breaks down and is abandoned.
 * Hilary Awdry Fortnam is born.
 * Thomas' first book is published.
 * Adams is sent to work on the Lyme Regis branch line in Devon.

1947

 * The Mid Sodor Railway and the Tidmouth-Arlesburgh branch 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.
 * Albert Regaby dies; Henry Regaby succeeds to his Viscountcy.

1948

 * British Railways is formed from the London North Eastern Railway, the London Midland and Scottish Railway, the Southern Railway and the Great Western Railway.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Bill and Ben are built and arrive on Sodor.
 * The Corris Railway is closed.
 * Sir Haydn and Edward Thomas are sheeted.
 * 14th November: Prince Charles is born.

1949

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

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 Elise arrive on Sodor shortly after.
 * Sir Handel Lloyd Brown marries Rachael Qualtrough.
 * David Hugh I retires.
 * Sir Haydn and Edward Thomas are purchased by the Talyllyn Railway.
 * Edward, Gordon and Henry had some incidents with some cows.
 * Ffarquhar Sheds gains one more berth after Toby's arrival, in total, two berths.
 * Rheneas Quarry opens.

1952

 * 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.
 * Sir Handel is shut up in the shed after misbehavior.
 * Peter Sam left the Refreshment Lady behind.
 * Skarloey is overhauled a second time.
 * Gordon had an incident after falling in a ditch.
 * Thomas had an accident at the Toryreck Mines.

1953

 * Harold arrives on Sodor.
 * 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

 * Sir Topham Hatt II becomes the Fat Controller.
 * Rebecca Dorothy Brown is born.
 * Ballast from the North Western Railway is obtained for the Skarloey Railway.
 * Alice, Mirabel, Isabel and Dulcie are built.

1955

 * Duck arrives on Sodor.
 * Percy is permanently allocated to Thomas' 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.
 * The Other Railway proposes its Modernization 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.
 * Knapford Junction is moved from south to north of the River Els.
 * Kevin Volley becomes stationmaster at Knapford.
 * 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.
 * Diesel arrives on Sodor, but is shortly sent packing.
 * 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.
 * 8783 is withdrawn from service.

1959

 * 31120 and D701 are built.
 * 10751 is built.
 * Donald and Douglas arrive on Sodor.
 * 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.
 * Oliver is rebuilt.
 * 8783 is scrapped.
 * Captain Baxter is withdrawn from service.

1960

 * Bulgy is built.
 * Thomas crashes into the stationmaster's house and is rebuilt 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 on there after being withdrawn from service.

1961

 * Peter Sam is given a new Giesl Ejector.
 * Sir Handel is given a pair of special wheels with broad tyres.
 * Rheneas returns to the Skarloey Railway.
 * Adams is withdrawn from service.

1962

 * Lord Harry, Alaric and Eric are built and arrive on Sodor.
 * Stepney visits Sodor.
 * Class 40 arrives on Sodor, but is shortly sent packing.
 * The Class 08s are built.

1963

 * 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.
 * Haultraugh is built.
 * Skarloey's 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' 100th birthday.
 * The loop line extension at Lakeside is opened.
 * BoCo arrives on Sodor.
 * Gordon is switched by mistake on to Edward's Branch Line after a mishap with a Lady using a green floppy hat causing the fireman mistake a 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, Mike and Rex arrive on Sodor to service the Arlesdale Railway.
 * Reverend W. Awdry and Reverend Teddy Boston visit Sodor.
 * The small engines had 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 199 is shortly sent packing after he fails on the level crossing.
 * The Arlesburgh branch is re-opened, to be serviced by Duck.
 * 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.
 * D5701 is withdrawn from service.
 * Standard gauge steam traction officially ends on British Railways.
 * The Fifteen Guinea Special runs.

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.

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

 * Sir Richard Topham Hatt is born.
 * A second platform is added at Marthwaite.
 * 15th October: The twenty-sixth and final book in the Railway Series written by the Reverend W. Awdry is published.

1973

 * Bert is rebuilt.
 * Flying Scotsman 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

 * Jock is built.
 * Northern Rock is built.

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.

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

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

1984

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

1985

 * The Skarloey Funicular Railway is opened.
 * Skarloey is overhauled a third time.
 * The Iron Duke replica is built.
 * Sigrid is re-engined.
 * The Railway Series celebrates its 40th anniversary.

1986

 * 1st April: The Reverend Teddy Boston dies.
 * The Refreshment Lady dies.

1987

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

1988

 * Peter Sam visits the Talyllyn Railway.
 * Thomas is sent to work at Edward's Branch Line temporarily while a bridge is being repaired on his branch line.
 * Flying Scotsman tours Australia.
 * Mallard celebrates the 50th anniversary of his 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.
 * Thomas returns to his branch line.
 * 21st March: Margaret Emily Wale Awdry dies, aged 77.

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.
 * 31120 is withdrawn from service.

1992

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

1993

 * Wilbert visits Sodor.

1994

 * 27th October: George Edward Vere Awdry dies, aged 78.
 * British Railways is privatised until 1997.
 * Bert's 100th birthday.
 * 31120 is scrapped.

1995

 * The Golden Jubilee of The Railway Series is celebrated.

1996

 * Edward's 100th birthday.
 * Peter Sam returns to the Skarloey Railway to help with the extra work.
 * Ivo Hugh is built.

1997

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

=21st Century=

2000

 * Ernest, Wilfred, Culdee and Shane Dooiney's 100th birthday.
 * 4th 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.

2005

 * The Railway Series celebrates its 60th anniversary.

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.
 * Fergus Duncan retires from being controller of the Arlesdale Railway.

2008

 * Mallard celebrates the 70th anniversary of his record run.

2009

 * Donald and Douglas' 100th birthday.

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.
 * 6th 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.

2012

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

2013

 * Mallard celebrates the 75th anniversary of his record run with the remaining five A4's.
 * 25th 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.

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.

2017

 * The Arlesdale Railway celebrates its 50th anniversary.

2019

 * Henry's 100th birthday.

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.

2022

 * Queen Elizabeth II dies on 8th September at the age of 96 from 70 years on throne.

2023

 * Flying Scotsman's 100th birthday.
 * Rex's 100th birthday.