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| - The Culdee Fell Railway is a Sudrian rack railway. It was first opened in 1896, but less than a month after the opening Godred derailed, causing one passenger fatality and so the line was closed for several years for further maintenance. The line was first run by Godred, Ernest, Wilfred, Culdee and Shane Dooiney. 3 engines - Lord Harry, Alaric and Eric - were later purchased. The latter 2 are currently out of service and awaiting an overhaul. The railway is run by Mr. Walter Richards.
- The Culdee Fell Railway is Sodor's only rack railway. The railway's track gauge is 2ft 7 1⁄2in. Lord Harry Barrane was Chairman of the board, while Mr. Walter Richards acts as its current Manager in The Railway Series. Mr. Percival is in charge of the unique railway in the television series.
- The Culdee Fell Railway (CFR) is a fictional railway on the Island of Sodor in The Railway Series of children's books written by the Rev. W. Awdry and the TV series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. It is based on the Snowdon Mountain Railway, and is a steep rack and pinion railway high in the mountains of Sodor. The line runs from Kirk Machan, where it meets the standard gauge line from Killdane to Peel Godred, to the summit of Culdee Fell. Devil's Back is a high exposed ridge which the railway runs along, corresponding to Clogwyn of the real Snowdon Mountain Railway.
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| - The Culdee Fell Railway is a Sudrian rack railway. It was first opened in 1896, but less than a month after the opening Godred derailed, causing one passenger fatality and so the line was closed for several years for further maintenance. The line was first run by Godred, Ernest, Wilfred, Culdee and Shane Dooiney. 3 engines - Lord Harry, Alaric and Eric - were later purchased. The latter 2 are currently out of service and awaiting an overhaul. The railway is run by Mr. Walter Richards.
- The Culdee Fell Railway is Sodor's only rack railway. The railway's track gauge is 2ft 7 1⁄2in. Lord Harry Barrane was Chairman of the board, while Mr. Walter Richards acts as its current Manager in The Railway Series. Mr. Percival is in charge of the unique railway in the television series.
- The Culdee Fell Railway (CFR) is a fictional railway on the Island of Sodor in The Railway Series of children's books written by the Rev. W. Awdry and the TV series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. It is based on the Snowdon Mountain Railway, and is a steep rack and pinion railway high in the mountains of Sodor. The line runs from Kirk Machan, where it meets the standard gauge line from Killdane to Peel Godred, to the summit of Culdee Fell. Devil's Back is a high exposed ridge which the railway runs along, corresponding to Clogwyn of the real Snowdon Mountain Railway. The CFR is popular with tourists and runs from Easter to Michaelmas, maintenance being undertaken in the winter. sodor tonight The railway can be reached by the Peel Godred Branch of the North Western Railway. The Culdee Fell Railway has only appeared in the book Mountain Engines, the nineteenth volume in the Railway Series. The locomotives on this line push a single coach uphill, but the engine is not coupled to the coach. The CFR engines all carry the same purple (later different colored) livery, but each has its own distinctive personality. The book features three of these engines, whilst the others are only mentioned in passing. The televison features eight of these engines.
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