North Western Railway

The North Western Railway (NWR), later the North Western Region from 1948 to 1996, is the main standard gauge railway of the Isle of Sodor since 1915. It was formed from the grouping of the Tidmouth, Knapford & Elsbrige Light Railway (TK&E) and the Wellsworth & Suddery Railway (W&S) in December 1915. It's motto is "Nil Unquam Simile", which is Latin for "There's nothing quite like it".

History
Until 1915, Sodor historically had three railway companies, the Wellsworth & Suddery Railway (W&S), Sodor & Mainland Railway (S&M) and the Tidmouth Kanpford & Elsbridge Light Railway (TK&E) with the narrow gauge Skarloey and Mid-Sodor Railways serving the mines in the centre of Sodor. In 1901, the S&M filed for bankruptcy with its property absorbed into the W&S that year. Under a proposal published in March 1915, the Sodor government decided that all of isle's standard gauge network should be grouped into one company with a proposed grouping date being December 1915. The result was the North Western Railway.

Locomotives

 * 1) Thomas
 * 2) Edward
 * 3) Henry
 * 4) Gordon
 * 5) James
 * 6) Percy
 * 7) Toby
 * 8) "No. 8" (ex-TK&E)
 * 9) Guinevere (ex-TK&E), number reused on Donald in 1957
 * 10) "No. 10" (ex-NLR), number reused on Douglas in 1957
 * 11) "No. 11"
 * 12) "No. 12" (ex-ROD), number reused on Mehano in 1948
 * 13) "No. 13" renumbered as '43' and original number reused on Wantail in 1963.
 * 14) Adam (ex-W&S)
 * 15) Worthington (ex-W&S)
 * 16) Lily (ex-W&S)
 * 17) Colin (ex-W&S)
 * 18) Gwen (ex-W&S), number reused on Leicester City in 1961
 * 19) Eric (ex-W&S), number reused on Roger in 1954
 * 20) Rao (ex-TK&E)
 * 21) Reo (ex-TK&E)
 * 22) Jake (ex-W&S)

Mainline

 * Vicarstown (interchange with Norramby line)
 * Crovan's Gate (interchange with Norramby line. Connection with Skarloey Railway)
 * Kellsthorpe Road (replaces Kellsthrope)
 * Killdane (interchange for Peel Godred line)
 * Cronk
 * Maron
 * Wellsworth (interchange for Brendam line)
 * Crosby
 * Knapford (interchange for Ffarquhar line)
 * Tidmouth (interchange for Alresburgh line)

Ffarquhar line (branches from Knapford)

 * Dryaw
 * Toryreck
 * Elsbridge
 * Hackenbeck
 * Ffarquhar

Brendam line (branches from Wellsworth)

 * Suddery
 * Lower Suddery
 * Brendam
 * Brendam Harbour

Kirk Ronan line (branches from Kellsthorpe Road)

 * Rolf's Castle
 * Kirk Ronan

Norramby line (branches from Vicarstown and Crovan's Gate)

 * Ballahoo
 * Norramby

Peel Godred line (branches from Killdane)

 * Abbey
 * Kirk Machan (connection with Culdee Fell Railway)
 * Peel Godred

Arlesburgh line (branches from Tidmouth)

 * Haultrught
 * Arlesburgh West