The Main Line (T&F)

The North Western Main Line travels from Barrow-in-Furness westward to Tidmouth via Sodor's southern coast. It is approximately 80 miles long.

1991 Map
Beginning from Tidmouth - home to the main engine sheds and junction for the branch line to Lower Arlesburgh and the Loop Line, the Main Line has two routes: one goes directly south, while the other curves around the headlands to Lower Tidmouth and passes the junction for the line leading to Tidmouth Hault. The two lines reconvine at Knapford, which is home to a secondary roundhouse along with a large shunting yard and Harbour.

Leaving Knapford, the line passes by Bertie's Bus Yard and the junction for Thomas' Branch Line and curves westward, through the tunnel where Henry stopped and towards Crosby, where Duck crashed into a barber shop with a runaway train. The line then continues westward over the bridge where Henry and Gordon came across a stray cow and through Henry's Forest. The line then passes a junction where the Loop Line reconnects with the Main Line and crosses the Viaduct over the River Merry where Gordon lost his dome in the wind before reaching Wellsworth, the junction for Edward's Branch Line.

Leaving Wellsworth, the line passes by Suddery Junction and climbs Gordon's Hill. After reaching the peak, the line descends down the other side towards Maron. As the 1991 map only shows the western side of Sodor, little is known beyond this point, other than that the line eventually reaches Crovan's Gate, the transfer station for the Skarloey Railway, before continuing to the Vicarstown Goods Depot on the far side of the Island where only the diesels work.

2014 Map
Starting from from Barrow-in-Furness on the Mainland, the Main Line crosses over the rolling lift bridge across the Walney Channel and calls at Vicarstown before passing by the junction to the Dieselworks and through Henry's Tunnel.

The line passes then passes the junctions for the Norramby Branch Line and the line to Great Waterton before continuing south-west past the Lumber Mill and through Henry's Forest. After crossing under Neville's Bridge - which carries Stepney's Branch Line - the line reaches Crovan's Gate, the transfer station for the Skarloey Railway and home to the Sodor Steamworks.

From Crovan's Gate, the line travels south-west through Chestnut Orchard to Kellsthorpe Road, the junction station for the branch line to Kirk Ronan. The line then passes through Kirk Ronan Junction - where trains along the branch line split off - and through the Whispering Woods, which has its own halt. The Main Line Loop splits from the Main Line just west of the woods, while the Main Line continues north-west through the stations of Kellaby and Balladrine. The line then passes the junction to the Killdane Branch Line and the nearby Sodor Ice Cream Factory before reaching the station at Killdane, The junction for the Peel Godred Branch Line.

Curving west, the line passes through Cronk and over the Viaduct, past the junction where it reconnects with the Main Line Loop and into Maron. The line then passes the junction for the Ulfstead Branch Line and climbs Gordon's Hill. Trains then descend the hill and pass through two junctions that lead to the Coaling Plant Branch Line and Edward's Branch Line respectively. Trains then arrive at Wellsworth.

Leaving Wellsworth, trains cross the Sodor Suspension Bridge and pass Sir Topham Hatt's Shed, then pass the junction for the Loop Line before reaching Crosby. After Crosby, the line continues west past the Sodor Dairy and washdown, before curving northwards through the Crosby Tunnel to Knapford, the junction to Thomas' Branch Line.

Following Knapford, the line continues through the Shunting Yards and northwards, through Lower Tidmouth and then a short tunnel before reaching the main station at Tidmouth, home to the railway's main engine sheds where the Steam Team live and the junction for Duck's Branch Line.

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