Lakeside (T&F)/Behind the Scenes

Background Information
Lakeside is a fictional station on the Island of Sodor created by the Rev. W. Awdry. It is a part of the loop line on the Skarloey Railway.

The station first appeared in the fourth series episode A Bad Day for Sir Handel, which first aired in 1995. Its last appearance was in the seventh series episode Bulgy Rides Again, which was released in 2003.

O gauge model
Several buildings from Lakeside's town area were reused in other places including:
 * Callan
 * Kirk Ronan
 * Knapford
 * Miner's Halt
 * Norramby Fishing Village
 * Peel Godred
 * The Mountain Village
 * The Seaside Village
 * The town beneath the Standard Gauge and Narrow Gauge Viaduct
 * Ulfstead

The large factory would also be reused as one of buildings at Ffarquhar Quarry, The Coaling Plant and Sodor China Clay Company in the fifth series.

Close-up model
Close-up sections of Lakeside was built in the fourth series so to be used for scenes involving the close-up scale figures.