Tidmouth Yards (T&F)/Behind the Scenes

The Railway Series
Tidmouth Yards is a fictional classification yard on the Island of Sodor near the town of Knapford, created by the Rev W. Awdry.

The yards first appeared in The Railway Series book James the Red Engine, which was published in 1948. Its last appearance was in Thomas and his Friends, which was published in 2011.

Television Series
In 1986, Tidmouth Yards was introduced in the second series of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. Unlike in the Railway Series, it is significantly smaller. It was also called B Zone in concept art.

Series 2 Sets
The yards had three different sets, one was used mostly for The Missing Coach, Percy and the Signal, Thomas, Percy and the Coal, Thomas Comes to Breakfast, Break Van and Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree. One was only used in The Runaway and The Deputation. And one was used only in Thomas Comes to Breakfast, Woolly Bear and Ghost Train. Each one was made during 1985. Only ten episodes of the second series.

Concept Art
The concept art for Tidmouth Yards was very different. There was a loop line to Tidmouth Sheds and no tracks beside the factory.

Series 3 Sets
The sets in Series 3 were quite different, one reuses Upper Brendam’s yard. And Tidmouth has its own.