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The Culdee Fell Railway is a Fiction al Railway on the Island Of Sodor in The Railway Series of Children's Books written by Rev. W. Awdry . 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 Kildane to Peel Godred, to the Culdee Fell Summit. According to "research" by Rev. W Awdry , the railway was the brainchild of the tourist Mid Sodor Railway. Construction started in 1897; the line was inspected in March 1900 and opened to the public on Whit Monday , but after just a month one of the locomotives fell down the hill side and the line remained closed until the following season whilst improvements were made. The locomotives are Swiss . It is popular with tourists and runs from Easter to Michaelmas , maintenance being undertaken in the winter. The engines of Culdee Fell have only featured in one book, ''Mountain Engines'' of 1964. The locomotives are all painted the same colour, purple, but each has its own distincitve personality. However, the book only shed light on three of these engines, whilst the others were merely mentioned in passing. No. 5 - Shane Dooiney - did not feature in the book at all. During the period in which the events take place, he was away being overhauled in Switzerland . Each locomotive pushes a single coach uphill, but is not coupled to the coach. One of these coaches is called Catherine, and works with Culdee. There are other coaches, but no information is known about them. The railway can be reached by the Peel Godred branch of the North Western Railway . This railway's Works are now responsible for major repairs on the Culdee Fell Railway's engines, which is far cheaper and easier than the trip to Switzerland. NOTES: The Culdee Fell Mountain Railway, and it's engines have never appeared in the television show Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends LOCOMOTIVES |
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