Sodor Mapped

Breaking down and determining potential locations for every Classic Series location/scene, no matter how obscure.

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

This is my map of the Island of Sodor, as depicted in the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends Model Series Seasons 1-5.

You can download and view it closer with the link below:
https://t.co/LOtakV7gKd

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

Lmao is there a fucking Backyardigans pilot hoarding group for BTS Thomas shit???

[SURLY @IHaveNoTalent62]

Heres the version WITHOUT any of the characters on it. I was just made aware that this is new material

[Zachman Awesomeness @ZachmanAwesome1]

I attempted to make a television series map of the Island of Sodor.

Template by a reddit user by the name of Subi_Reacts.
Inspired by the great @TheUnluckyTug, @SodorMapped and Traininspector11G2 via DeviantART.

I'll be happy to answer any questions y'all have about this map!

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

Have to keep the agenda alive

When I was a kid, PBS Sprout would ALWAYS play this episode and I couldn’t understand why

Even the adults at PBS knew this was Britt and David’s masterpiece

[Right On Track @OnTrackThomas]

What's your favourite episode of Thomas & Friends and why?

[01Salty @01Salty1]

Been working on something the last few weeks- can't wait to share it 👀👀

[01Salty @01Salty1]

One week!!

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

@thomastugsfan14 I’m curious if the intention was for Maron to be the original junction to the “Other Railway”, as it has a 2nd platform with 2 lines that end going west into the station.

The Main Line could technically still continue, just as part of the Other Railway in the early seasons

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

This is an extremely interesting topic that needs to be explored more, as there’s a bunch of interesting little tea leaves to read into

My main question would be this: is Maron supposed to be the end of the main line? What about Edward & Gordon where Gordon goes past Maron?

[thomastugsfan @thomastugsfan14]

In David Mitton's map, the other end of the line is Brendam.

East of Maron does not exist during S1-3A, and Maron is just a simple station with no sheds.

So Brendam basically took Barrow's original role of Percy going somewhere far away from Thomas’ branch line. (2/3)

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

Been very busy with some personal things (in a good way). I am still around from time to time

[BoCo NWR (Skarloey Studios) @NorthWestRailCo]

@SodorMapped We miss you Sodor Mapped...

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

In short, while we absolutely can’t prove anything, what are the odds greater of:

Whoever designed this toy went out of their way to augment this part of the map so it just happened to line up with how Kirk Ronan would theoretically work in the TVS? Or they had other material?

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

Now, call me crazy, but take a look at these previous 2 posts of mine where I analyzed the section of Main Line in between Maron and Crovan’s Gate on the 1991 and 1994 David Mitton maps.

That looks AWFULLY similar to what is shown on this map, no?

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

Now, call me crazy, but take a look at these previous 2 posts of mine where I analyzed the section of Main Line in between Maron and Crovan’s Gate on the 1991 and 1994 David Mitton maps.

That looks AWFULLY similar to what is shown on this map, no?

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

As you’ll recall, S4 establishes Crovan’s Gate as a location, and since we never see or hear a mention of Cronk, Killdane or Kellsthorpe Road during the original series, it’s safe to assume they don’t exist and the Main Line runs directly from Maron to Crovan’s Gate as of S4

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

As you’ll recall, S4 establishes Crovan’s Gate as a location, and since we never see or hear a mention of Cronk, Killdane or Kellsthorpe Road during the original series, it’s safe to assume they don’t exist and the Main Line runs directly from Maron to Crovan’s Gate as of S4

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

The reason I believe this may be significant is, simply put, the shape of these two lines just so happens to be exactly how this part of the Main Line would theoretically look if it followed the established canon of S4 & 5 of the Model Series

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

@solrocknroll About to get into that

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

The first thing that really caught my eye when I saw this map was this part of the Main Line between Maron, Kirk Ronan and Crovan’s Gate

As you can see, this is completely unique and the closest we could get was Frankensteining the road and rail in the section to fit the shape

[Wharf Scale Cranky @ScaleWharf]

This map is from a 2004 Tomy toy (https://t.co/QpzlhQWhG7)

The map appears to be a VERY loose trace of the 1983 RWS map, albeit with road often traced instead of rail.

BUT, west Sodor is very messy, and appears to have elements from the S3 map. More on that in this thread:

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

The reason I believe this may be significant is, simply put, the shape of these two lines just so happens to be exactly how this part of the Main Line would theoretically look if it followed the established canon of S4 & 5 of the Model Series

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

The first thing that really caught my eye when I saw this map was this part of the Main Line between Maron, Kirk Ronan and Crovan’s Gate

As you can see, this is completely unique and the closest we could get was Frankensteining the road and rail in the section to fit the shape

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

I’m going to quickly dive into a few things about the map that really stood out to me, @TrainzModeler does touch on a couple of them here that seem to line up with the HIT Writer’s Bible from just a year before this toy was released

[Jun Kellsthorpe @TrainzModeler]

@ScaleWharf I'm just saying. This has to be based on something possibly, mainly looking at the haunted Henry branch being east of Wellsworth with that line shooting up from Maron, & that the western brendam line lines up with how the bible describes it sorta.

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

@severn_studios @ScaleWharf Nothing will ever beat Super Ed

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

@ScaleWharf is doing the reasonable thing here by getting you all to temper your expectations going in, as this is no smoking gun

With that said, this map is unique enough to where there genuinely could be something to it. And yes I do mean as it pertains to the TVS though S5

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

@severn_studios @ScaleWharf Once you see it and hear what he has to say about it, it will make more sense as to why it’s being done this way

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

👀👀👀

[Sodor Mapped @SodorMapped]

The coastal track to the fucking what???