Isle of Man

The Isle of Man is a small isle off of the north-west coast of England. The Island of Sodor is located in between the Isle of Man and England.

The Isle of Man has appeared on various maps of the Island of Sodor. It is home to the Isle of Man Railway, the Manx Electric Railway, the Snaefell Mountain Railway, the Groudle Glen Railway and the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway.

In The Railway Series, the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company ran steamboat services from Douglas and Ramsey to Arlesburgh between 1930 and 1936, when the Mid Sodor Railway closed to passengers.

Appearances
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Companion Volumes
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 * 1958 - Railway Map of the Island of Sodor
 * 1987 - The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways
 * 2005 - Sodor: Reading Between the Lines
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 20 - Letters to Santa
 * Series 24 - Thomas' Fuzzy Friend

Specials
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 * 2000 - Thomas and the Magic Railroad
 * 2010 - Misty Island Rescue
 * 2013 - King of the Railway
 * 2015 - The Adventure Begins and Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
 * 2017 - Journey Beyond Sodor
 * 2018 - Big World! Big Adventures!
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Annuals

 * 1980 - Real Railway Feature - Isle of Man Railway

Postcards and Stamps

 * 1995 - Thomas the Tank Engine's Dream
 * 2021 - Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends at Christmas

Documentaries

 * 2005 - Hashire! The "Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends" Steam Locomotive is Alive!
 * 2020 - Returning to Shining Time

Trivia

 * The name of some landmarks on the Island of Sodor were inspired by the Isle of Man:
 * The name "Sodor" came from the Diocese of Sodor and Man, which encompassed Man and formerly also the southern isles (Norse: Sudreyjar) of Scotland.
 * Cas-ny-Hawin is derived from Cass-ny-Hawin, a mesolithic site.
 * Balladrine is derived from Baldrine, a small village.
 * The Shining Time Station and Muffle Mountain scenes in Thomas and the Magic Railroad were filmed in the Isle of Man.
 * The flag of the Isle of Man is hung on a store.

Merchandise

 * Thomas-themed stamps were released by the Isle of Man Post Office:
 * 1995 with illustrations by Owen Bell
 * Late 2021, used with illustrations of the engines based on The Railway Series