Mid Sodor Railway

The Mid-Sodor Railway is a railroad near the middle of the Island of Sodor. It was home to 3 little engines named Duke, Stuart, and Falcon. Many engines were also brought in to help but eventually taken away or taken out of service.

Backstory
The earl of Sodor, known as Sir John Arnold Norramby, (Nicknamed "Our Duke") was an important person in the creation of the railway. He was named chairman. The first engine on the line was named 'Duke' after 'Our Duke.'

In 1923, The Fat Controller struck a deal with the Peel Godred Power Company, and had built an electric train line from Killdane to Peel Godred which had engines deliver materials to build a new Power Plant near the Mid Sodor. This would begin the downfall of the Mid Sodor.

Around this time, the railway had about 7 engines working for it. However, when WWII began, they sold off 3 of the engines to keep finances up. At the same time, an engine named Stanley (referred to as No. 2 in the RWS) had misbehaved badly, and was turned into a pumping engine behind the sheds.

During WWII, Many lines of the Mid Sodor closed down, and by 1945, only a single mine at Cas-ny-Hawin survived. In 1947, This line closed too, after Stanley the pumping engine failed, flooding the whole mine, leaving the engines no where to go.

Stuart and Falcon were bought and transported to the Skarloey Railway, where they were renamed Peter Sam and Sir Handel respectively. Duke, However, was never sold. Buyers thought him to be too old. Duke was locked away in a shed. He stayed there for almost 30 years. He slept to pass the time.

A new railway was constructed above the old Mid Sodor, called the Arlesdale Railway. It was home to the small railway engines Mike, Rex, and Bert.

In the 1970s, people went looking for Duke. It took months of searching. Finally, someone accidentally fell into his shed, right on top of duke. He was bought by the Skarloey Railway, and was able to see Stuart and Falcon again.

Engines
4 Engines are known to have appeared in the Mid Sodor railway. Duke, Stanley, Stuart, and Falcon, each being No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 respectively. In the television series, Stanley is replaced with Smudger, who has the same traits as Stanley. There are more engines that never appeared in the books or the TV series called Atlas, Alfred, Jim, Tim, and Albert as well as other engines not named