Andrew Dyke wrote: >> Andrew Dyke wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Great excitement in the Dyke household this morning. My 2 and a bit >>> year old granddaughter was watching Thomas the Tank Engine on TV. As >>> the opening titles unfolded I clearly saw a narrowboat by the >>> trackside and it was moored by a lock on a canal. I have searched >>> the >>> island of Sodor for more information but can find nothing. >>> >>> Please, please, What is this canal called? Where does it start and >>> finish on the island? What is the name of the narrowboat? Nellie or >>> Nigel or Norman or Norris or.............. Someone out there must >>> know. Are there more narrowboats? >>> >>> I shant sleep, I shant, I shant. > > > From: "Neil Arlidge" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> "The Canal Boats on Sodor are a popular tourist attraction, going up >> and >> down rivers and canals. The 'Sodor Valley' canal boat was first seen >> in >> Season 3, and 'Sodor Maid' made an appearance in Season 5, where it >> got >> bogged on a bank*. Other canal boats have been seen, in blue and >> green >> colours. The 'Sodor Valley' canal boat has been released in ERTL >> die-cast >> toy." http://www.davescollectables.com/0000002974.html >> >> bogged on a bank* >> >> New technical term, also common on the mainland. >> >> Of course Andrew, you should not limit your interest in the Sodor >> waterways to narrowboats! >> >> "Bulstrode is a highly disagreeable barge who worked at the harbour >> on the >> Island of Sodor. He was used to carry cargo like coal and stone, but >> always complained about not being loaded fast enough. This annoyed >> the >> trucks, but Bulstrode ended up getting what he deserved when Percy >> accidentally pushed trucks off a dock and into his hull, causing >> damage to >> him and the trucks. The trucks then giggled and said to him, "Serves >> you >> right! You we're always barging in and moaning!" He was then towed to >> Knapford Beach, where he was turned into a children's playground. He >> remains there today, still expectedly grumbling. " >> >> So nothing new there then! ;-) > > Hi Neil and All, > > I knew someone would know, brilliant detective work Neil. However, > still a > number of questions. What's the canal or River or both called? Where > does it > or they start and finish? Are there any other boats on the waterways? > The 'Sodor Valley' and 'Sodor Maid', are they part of a hire company > or > privately owned? Do the blue and green colours have some historical > significance or are they the hire boat colours? Is Bulstrode actually > a > barge or a narrowboat wrongly named? If that is the case he may be a > narrowboat in a barges body or the other way round? We need to know > these > things. > > I shant sleep, I shant, I shant. > > Regards, > > Andrew > NB > WhenaskedwhattuneGrandadwaswhisting,Hollysaid'Thomas'.Whatabrightlittlegirl,oramIbias?
Bulstode the barge is proud to be broad....he would not be seen dead disguised as a narrowboat! Awdry maps of the Isle of Sodor show no canals. They are an invention of the modern Thomas stuff, sorry to shatter your illusions! ;-) http://www.pegnsean.net/~railwayseries/mapsection.htm -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest - Shannon Reg 7410 Read about the TNC Irish travels at: http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Tour_07/index.html Defend the waterways - Ne sutor ultra crepidam http://www.saveourwaterways.org.uk/
