This page is for the Cargo Ships that have appeared in The Railway Series.
S.S. Kathryn[]
S.S. Kathryn is a large cargo ship that once delivered cargo to Tidmouth Harbour.
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Livery[]
S.S. Kathryn has a white superstructure and wheelhouse. She has a black hull and a deep red keel. Her funnel is red with a white band around the middle and a black top. She has "S.S. KATHRYN" and her registered port written on her bow in white lettering.
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Trivia[]
- S.S. Kathryn is named after illustrator C. Reginald Dalby's daughter, Kathryn Holland (née Dalby).
Mermaid[]
| This article is about the cargo ship. You may be looking for the fishing boat. |
Mermaid is a large cargo ship registered to the port of Liverpool which delivers cargo to Tidmouth Harbour. She mostly delivers crates of fish, which are loaded into the Flying Kipper to be distributed across the Island of Sodor and the Mainland.
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Livery[]
Mermaid is painted white superstructure and a brown wheelhouse. She has a black hull with white handrails and a deep red keel. Her funnel is red with a white band around the middle and a black top. She has "MERMAID LIVERPOOL" written on her stern in white lettering.
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North Star[]
North Star is a large cargo ship that used to delivered cargo to the Great Yarmouth Docks, Norfolk. Toby and several of his brothers used to work here.
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Livery[]
North Star has a white superstructure and wheelhouse. She has a black hull and a deep red keel. Her funnel is yellow brown with a black top. It has "NORTH STAR" written on her bow in black lettering.
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- There was a Great Western Railway locomotive which also carried the same name.
Nancy[]
| This article is about the cargo ship. You may be looking for the human character. |
Nancy is a large coastal steamer, who regularly delivered coal and machinery to Tidmouth Harbour for the North Western Railway.
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Trivia[]
- Nancy never appeared in any of The Railway Series stories, but were in Awdry's model railway scrapbook, as part of the Awdry Study at the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Tywyn, Wales, United Kingdom.
- Nancy was built by Reverend W. Awdry's brother, George Awdry.
- Nancy, alongside a trawler named Violet, were featured on the Reverend W. Awdry's layout of The North Western Railway.
Tramp Steamers[]
Several tramp steamers have appeared in The Railway Series books.
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| Road vehicles | Terence | Bertie | Trevor | George | Caroline | 040 BMC | Bulgy | Bulgy's Friend | JTK 62 | Willie's Tractor | Tractors | Post Van | Murphy | Buses | Soft-sided Lorries | Taxis | Fire Engines | Ambulances | Crawler Tractors | Forklifts | George's Friends | |
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| Aircraft | Harold | Aeroplanes | |
| Watercraft | Nancy and Violet | Bulstrode | P.S. Cumberland Road | S.S. Kathryn | North Star | S.S. Roxstar | Barges | Salvage Boats | Canal Boats | |
| Cranes | Cranes | |
| Others | Trailers |
| Locomotives | Steam | Henry | Gordon | James | Donald and Douglas |
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| Diesel | BoCo | Bear | The Works Diesel | Pip and Emma | |
| Former | Edward | |
| Rolling Stock | Passenger | Orange-Brown Corridor Coaches | Orange-Brown Non-Corridor Coaches | Red Express Coaches |
| Former | The Spiteful Brake Van | |
| Trains | Passenger | The Wild Nor' Wester | The Sudrian | The Limited | The Barrow-Tidmouth Semi-Fast | The Main Line Push-Pull |
| Goods | The Flying Kipper | The Morning Milk | The Midnight Goods | |
| Infrastructure | Stations | Tidmouth | Knapford | Crosby | Wellsworth | Maron | Cronk | Killdane | Kellsthorpe Road | Crovan's Gate | Vicarstown | Barrow-in-Furness |
| Sheds | Tidmouth Sheds | Vicarstown Sheds | |
| Tunnels and Bridges | Tidmouth Tunnel | Knapford Harbour Bridges | Crosby Tunnel | The Viaduct | Balladrine Bridge | Ballahoo Bridge | Henry's Tunnel | Vicarstown Bridge |