Stepney's Branch Line, nicknamed The Bluebell Railway for the vast amount of bluebell flowers beside the tracks, is a picturesque branch line run by Stepney.
Engines
Stepney and possibly Flora, are currently the only locomotives known to work on this line; however, Thomas has been seen travelling up and down it numerous times and other North Western Railway engines sometimes use this line to get to Great Waterton instead of using the Main Line.
Route
The line begins north-east of Crovan's Gate, th line goes through a Tunnel where the line splits after the Transfer Yards on the Norramby Branch Line and travels up to the Skarloey Railway Depot and Mr. Percival's House, where it runs next to the Skarloey Railway until it splits at Bluebell Valley Station. After the branch line splits up at a junction with one line going to the Rolling River Bridge and the other running past Green Hills Junction until the line finally stops at Great Waterton at a spur of the Main Line.
Appearances
Trivia
- The branch line is loosely based on the real life Bluebell Railway.
- The line has also been called the Bluebell Branch Line.
- Though located on the Island of Sodor, the branch line itself in many classic series episodes was considered to be a separate railway from the North Western Railway, as the North Western Railway does not own nor operate the line. It was stated many times that it was a separate railway that is far away from Sir Topham Hatt's railway.
Rolling Stock
Locomotives
Coaches and Trucks
Gallery
1994 Map
2014 Map
Locomotives | Stepney | Flora |
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Former | Sodor Tramway Engines |
Rolling Stock | Branch Line Coaches | Flora's Tram Coach |
People | Stepney's Controller |
Locations | Skarloey Railway Depot | Bluebell Valley (Engine Sheds) | Rolling River Bridge (Junction) | Green Hills Junction (The Man in the Hills) | Great Waterton (Engine Sheds) | Morgan's Mine |