Sodor Railway Repair

The Sodor Railway Repair is a ballast cleaner. It comes with a car with three swiveling ballast loader arms and a black ballast car.

Product Description[]

Character Card[]

The Sodor Railway Repair has an important job, clearing old ballast from the track and packing the sleepers (railroad ties) with fresh stones.

1998 box description[]

This is one train that knows the true meaning of working on the railroad! Hard at work clearing old ballast from the track, the Sodor Railway Repair helps keep Thomas's railroad in tip top shape.

2001 box description[]

Mend the rails with the Sodor Railway Repair!

It's an important job hauling ballast - that's the material needed to maintain the lines of the Island of Sodor. As part of the Sodor Railway Repair team, little engineers make the ride safe and smooth for Thomas & Friends.

Changes[]

1998
2001 (name on chassis)

Trivia[]

The Sodor Railway Repair blueprints were drawn on 29 March 1997. The blueprints refer to it as the Sodor Chain Loader.
The prototype Sodor Railway Repair features yellow smokestacks instead of black, grayer ballast instead of white, and "Sodor Chain Load Undercut" instead of "Sodor Railway Repair" written on the sides.
In his only appearance in The Railway Series, the Sodor Railway Repair has a black face, instead of the gray face on the Wooden Railway version.
The vehicle itself has a ledge on the back which allows for an additional chute piece to be attached.
The Sodor Railway Repair is the first engine to feature eye wear. The second is Whiff, and the third is Helpful Steamie.
The Sodor Railway Repair is the first rail vehicle not to have a front magnet. The others are Winter Wonderland Thomas, Hank, Snow Covered Percy, Winston, Marion, and Dustin.
The first two cars of the Sodor Railway Repair are the second vehicles not to have a black chassis. The first is Terence, the third is Fergus, the fourth is Rocky, the fifth is Byron, the sixth is Peter Sam's Dynamite Delivery, and the seventh is Stephen's Castle Coaches.
Roy Wilson has stated this item as well as Flying Scotsman to be his favorite items.