Their abridged notes were published in 1987 in a book titled: The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways (Republished with some minor modifications by Christopher Awdry in 1992 under the title: Sodor: Reading Between the lines) They created more details of Sodor than would ever be used in The Railway Series stories. Some place names were Sudric equivalents or near-equivalents of those in the real world (for instance, Skarloey was a rough Sudric equivalent of the Welsh Talyllyn: logh (Manx) = llyn (Welsh) = "lake").
Elsbridge was named after Wilbert's parish of Elsworth in Cambridgeshire. Sodor would be between England and the Isle of Man, isolated from British railway system, but somewhere that readers could easily imagine.Īwdry and his younger brother George worked out Sodor's history, geography, industry and language ("Sudric"). He decided create a fictional island of "Sodor" as the setting for his books. Awdry noted that while there was an Isle of Man, there was no island of Sodor. He was inspired during a 1950 visit to the Isle of Man, which forms the Diocese of Sodor and Man. He wanted them to be in Great Britain, but sufficiently isolated from British Railways to allow him to write the stories he wanted. Sodor is depicted in the Irish Sea between the Isle of Man and the English mainland near Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria the real-life Walney Island is included in Sodor.Īwdry wanted a consistent set of locations for The Railway Series. It is also the setting of the Thomas & Friends television series, though it is significantly different from the island in the books. The Island of Sodor is a fictional island that is the setting for The Railway Series books by the Rev. The flag of Sodor, as depicted in Thomas & Friends: The Great Race 2016 movie. Thomas and his Friends ( The Railway Series)īetween the Isle of Man and Barrow-in-Furness " Thomas and Gordon" ( Thomas and Friends)
The Three Railway Engines ( The Railway Series)
A map of the Island of Sodor showing the railway system
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