Tidmouth Tunnel (T&F)

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Tidmouth Tunnel
Background Information
First appearance	Buzz, Buzz (1992)
Last appearance	Panicky Percy (2019)
Creator(s)	Rev. W. Awdry
Overview
Managed by	North Western Railway
Line(s)	The Little Western (Sam Wilkinson map)
Locale	Tidmouth, Island of Sodor
Characteristics
No. of bores	1
No. of tracks	2
History
Status	Operational

Tidmouth Tunnel, also known as the Castle Tunnel, is a tunnel near Tidmouth. A duck pond is located next to the tunnel.

James once tried to get a swarm of bees off of his boiler by going through this tunnel, but to no avail.

Appearances

• Television Series
• Other Media

Thomas & Friends Series 3 - Buzz, Buzz, All at Sea, Tender Engines (deleted scene), Oliver Owns Up and Percy, James and the Fruitful Day Series 7 - Emily's New Coaches, Bill, Ben and Fergus (deleted scene), Edward's Brass Band, James and the Queen of Sodor (stock footage), The Spotless Record, Snow Engine, Something Fishy and Best Dressed Engine Series 8 - Percy's New Whistle (stock footage) Series 9 - Molly's Special Special Series 12 - Steady Eddie Series 19 - A Cranky Christmas Series 20 - The Missing Breakdown Train Series 23 - Panicky Percy Other - Thomas & Friends in 4-D: Bubbling Boilers (Poster Only) Specials 2014 - Tale of the Brave 2015 - The Adventure Begins Music Videos Series 4 - The Island Song Series 6 - James the Really Splendid Engine Series 7 - The Whistle Song Series 8 - Ode to Gordon Series 18 - The Best Friends Express Series 19 - There's Snow Place Like Home Series 22 - All the Girls Around the World Learning Segments Series 8 - Sounds and How Does Emily Get to Cronk Station?

Magazine Stories

• 2004 - Thomas' New Coaches

Books

• 2007 - Emily's New Coaches
• 2019 - Five Useful Engines

Trivia

• Tidmouth Tunnel has had numerous modifications throughout the years:
  • Series 7:
    • The architecture of the tunnel changes.
    • The lake became significantly smaller.
    • The rock face is absent.
  • Tale of the Brave:
    • The tunnel's architecture returned to its original design.
    • The lake returned to the size seen in the third series.
    • The rock face returns.
• The tunnel's model that would appear in the seventh series onwards was first used for a set in the sixth series episode Jack Frost.
• The tunnel is based on the Great Western Railway's Twerton Tunnel.

Merchandise

• Wooden Railway (as Tidmouth Covered Bridge, discontinued)
• Take-n-Play (discontinued)

References

North Western Railway

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--- Dropped | * 1991-1994 maps only | ** 2014 map only

The Little Western

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* 1991 map only | ** 2014 map only