- “Please tell everyone that whatever happens elsewhere, Steam will still be at work here. We shall be glad to welcome all who want to see and travel behind, real engines.”
- ―The Fat Controller, Enterprising Engines
The North Western Railway (NWR) is the main standard gauge rail network on the Island of Sodor. From nationalisation on 1st January 1948 until it privatised from BR, it was the North Western Region of British Railways. The railway's motto is "Nil Unquam Simile", which is Latin for "There's nothing quite like it".
NWR Railway Lines[]
- The Main Line
- Norramby Branch Line
- Kirk Ronan Branch Line
- Peel Godred Branch Line
- Brendam Branch Line
- Ffarquhar Branch Line
- The Little Western
- The Loop Line
- The Headland Line
- Toby's Branch Line
- Stepney's Branch Line
- Coaling Plant Branch Line
- Ulfstead Branch Line
- Quarry Branch Line
- The Main Line Loop
- Misty Valley Branch Line
- Killdane Branch Line
- Harwick Branch Line