North Western Railway

"Please tell everyone that whatever happens elsewhere, Steam will still be at work here. We shall be glad to welcome all who want to see, and travel behind, real engines."

— The Fat Controller, Enterprising Engines

"A long time ago, on the Island of Sodor, there was a little railway known as the North Western."

— Narrator, The Adventure Begins

SodorrailwaysAmosWolfe — A map of Sodor's railway network in the style of Amos Wolfe

The North Western Railway (abbreviated NWR) is The Fat Controller's Railway and was first created in 1914 after a government-funded joining of Sodor's standard gauge railways. The railways involved were the Sodor and Mainland, the Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Light, and the Wellsworth and Suddery Railways. In 1948, it became the "North-Western Region of British Railways", but this term was never used as the railway kept its operating independence. With Privatisation in the early 1990s, it officially became the North Western Railway.

Routes

The Main Line
Norramby Branch Line
Kirk Ronan Branch Line
Peel Godred Branch Line
Edward's Branch Line
Thomas' Branch Line
The Little Western
Quarry Branch Line
Ulfstead Branch Line
Toby's Branch Line
The Loop Line
Stepney's Branch Line
Misty Valley Branch Line
Killdane Branch Line
Harwick Branch Line

The Fat Controller's Railway

The standard gauge railway on Sodor is affectionately known as The Fat Controller's Railway. It is greatly expanded with many more engines. The railway's largest station (and presumed headquarters) is located at Knapford. Its railway works are the Sodor Steamworks, located at Crovan's Gate and the Vicarstown Dieselworks.