There, the fireman lit Skarloey's fire and the little engine declared his excitement to be like that of a young engine. When Skarloey came home, Rusty helped him to the sheds.
The driver promised to have him mended, saying that Skarloey deserved it. Determined to not let his passengers down, Skarloey limped to the station and got the passengers home. Downhill, one of his weak springs gave out and left Skarloey crooked. He scolded the coaches and set off, trying his best as he approached the hill. He received his chance when the coaches derailed Sir Handel, at which point he volunteered to pull the visitors' train in Sir Handel's stead. Skarloey told Edward about Rheneas going away to be mended and that he wished he could be mended too and pull coaches again. Once Duke was found, Skarloey and Rheneas transported him back down to the Skarloey Railway for restoration.Įdward found Skarloey sitting in the shed where he had been sent for a rest. He carried them into the mountains, searching for Duke for several days. When a group of visitors planned on following the old line into the mountains to find Duke, they used Skarloey. When Skarloey first appeared in the fourth series, he brought people to the closed Mid Sodor Railway to buy the engines, taking Stuart and Falcon but leaving Duke behind. His passengers had to come out to catch the pigs and return them to their field and Skarloey was late but arrived in time for the naming ceremony. However, he had to stop when a sow and her piglets strayed onto the line. Skarloey later attended Ivo Hugh's naming ceremony and brought along a special train with important guests. He underwent another heavy overhaul at Crovan's Gate Works in 1985, returning to service in May of that year. Since returning to service, he has been very much a voice of reason on the Skarloey Railway: he was responsible for Sir Handel's comeuppance when the latter became boastful about his new wheels and changed Duncan's views about passengers by telling him about the time when Rheneas saved the Railway.Īt the celebrations for his and Rheneas' 100th birthday, he collected the Duke of Sodor (much to Peter Sam's confusion) and took him around the new loop line. This work was done in the SR's workshop with no outside help at all. Ivo Hugh finally cured this fault by fitting a brick arch in his firebox and a "Kylchap" cowl on his blast pipe. He returned almost as new in 1958, but was still somewhat shy in steaming. in England for this, where he met his twin Talyllyn, who was there for the same purpose, for the first time in some 60 years. On one such occasion in 1952, he damaged his springs whilst bringing home Sir Handel's train, resulting in him receiving a much-needed overhaul. No further overhauls were done to him apart from general maintenance in the SR workshop the result being that by 1945 his boiler and firebox were in such a poor state that he could only be steamed in dire emergency. Rheneas' long wheelbase was deemed unsuitable for the wagon, so Skarloey would be used whenever an emergency arose while Rheneas continued to run the Skarloey Railway. The solution devised was to build a haulage wagon, into which a narrow gauge engine could be hoisted and engage with the standard gauge tracks, albeit at very low speed. The line needed to haul slate to the harbour even when Neil was away. In consequence Skarloey was always worked harder than Rheneas and in 1897 he returned to Whitehaven for a second and final time for heavy repairs.Īfter the Sodor and Mainland Railway sold two of its locomotives to raise funds, the line was left with the problem of a lack of motive power in case of emergency.
The trailing wheels improved his running greatly and this together with the cab made him a favourite with the men in spite of his shy steaming.
He received these when he returned to Whitehaven in 1867, where he was briefly reunited with Talyllyn. His young antics proved bothersome but he soon matured when he received his cab and trailing wheels. He was the first engine to arrive on the newly developed Skarloey Railway in May 1865, arriving by steam ship at Kirk Ronan Harbour, before being delivered to Crovan's Gate by Neil. Thomas the Tank Engine Locomotives.JPG (149.76 KiB) Viewed 20585 times Thomas the Tank Engine Pack V1.2.zip (3.Skarloey was built at Fletcher, Jennings & Co., Whitehaven in 1864 as a 0-4-0ST with no cab, which later caused him to bounce a lot, alongside his twin, Talyllyn.
This contains ALL of the TTTE models I have made.
Unfortunately, the wheels do not move, but as soon as I figure out how to make them move, I'll release a new version of the pack.ĮDIT (7/7/07): V1.2 has been released.
I certainly hope that you enjoy these models. This is a pack containing Thomas and his friends: It's somewhat ironic - when I was creating the Island of Sodor, I was requesting that this pack be made. Finally, after weeks of saying "I'm working on it," it's done.