Always one to keep an eye out for any interesting Thomas & Friends stories, Peep Peep Thomas found the following story on the BBC website an interesting article.
Thomas the Tank Engine creator WV Awdry, born 100 years ago, set his railway engine stories in a sort of British Atlantis called Sodor. But where is it?
In Sodor they are celebrating, according to the latest book in the Railway Series of stories started by the Reverend Wilbert (WV) Awdry in 1945.
In the Railway Series Hard Back Books which comprises the first 27 Original titles and the New Collection, the engines - after the usual crop of mishaps - transport a bust of their creator to the main station of Sodor where the Fat Controller supervises its unveiling.
But how do you get to Sodor, home of Thomas the Tank Engine and the other locomotives, the Fat Controller and the Troublesome Trucks?
According to WV Awdry, who died in 1997, it's easy. The Jubilee Bridge at Barrow in Furness actually goes there, he and his brother George wrote in their 1987 book The Island of Sodor. However, ordinary maps say it goes only to Walney Island.
Useful links.
Railway series of Thomas & Friends Books
BBC Thomas - Where is Sodor Story
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