Hackenbeck Tunnel (RWS)

Hackenbeck Tunnel is a tunnel on Thomas' Branch Line, located between Elsbridge and Hackenbeck. It is approximately 750 metres long.

History
The Hackenbeck Tunnel was cut in 1924/5, during the extension of the Branch Line from Elsbridge to Ffarquhar. As part of a deal between Sir Topham Hatt and Jabez Croarie, half the cost of the tunnel was beared by The Ffarquhar Quarry Company; the expense of constructing a tunnel having prevented an extension being constructed earlier.

One winter, Thomas crashed into a snowdrift on the south side of the tunnel and had to be rescued by Terence. Mrs. Kyndley's Cottage is also located on the south side of the tunnel, and in the winter of 1951, Mrs. Kyndley managed to warn Thomas and his crew of a landslide that had occurred closer to the tunnel, preventing a nasty accident.

Appearances
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The Railway Series

 * Tank Engine Thomas Again - Thomas Goes Fishing, Thomas, Terence and the Snow and Thomas and Bertie
 * Toby the Tram Engine - Mrs. Kyndley's Christmas
 * The Eight Famous Engines - The Fat Controller's Engines
 * Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine - Train Stops Play
 * Really Useful Engines - Stop Thief!
 * More About Thomas the Tank Engine - Better Late Than Never
 * Thomas and Victoria - Toby's Vintage Train

Companion Volumes
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 * 1983 - Bertie the Bus and Thomas the Tank Engine
 * 1984 - Thomas the Tank Engine and the Tractor and Thomas' Christmas Party
 * 1986 - Thomas the Tank Engine Goes Fishing
 * 1995 - Thomas the Tank Engine Catches a Thief
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 24 - The Great Little Railway Show
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Annual Stories

 * 1988 - Terence Turns Pot Hunter
 * 1989 - The Trouble with Sheep
 * 1993 - Thomas and the Snow Block