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= February 14 =

Sodor
2 questions: (1) what mineral resources are present on the Island of Sodor, and in which locations are they mined? And (2) according to canonic sources, does Sodor have any monorail or high-speed rail lines (the latter presumably intended to be used by Pip and Emma), or not? 2601:646:8080:FC40:A0EA:E55B:2645:FEAF (talk) 03:21, 14 February 2024 (UTC)


 * (1) I suggest you acquire a copy of The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways, where there is much information, albeit scattered around.
 * -- Verbarson talkedits 21:13, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks! But what of minerals discovered and railroads built after 1987? 2601:646:8080:FC40:5008:56A0:C556:EE41 (talk) 02:32, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * For an island this size building a high-speed rail line would make no commercial sense. --Lambiam 01:00, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Perhaps so -- but all the same, some maps I've seen show a high-speed line paralleling the original main line and merging with it near Wellsworth -- so the question remains, is this canon or not? (I'm asking this because I'm doing some very early work on a Thomas & Friends-themed scenario pack for Train Simulator Classic and/or Train Sim World, and this requires me to map all of the railroads present on the island per the canonical sources!) 2601:646:8080:FC40:5008:56A0:C556:EE41 (talk) 02:32, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I think that you need to define what counts - for your project - as a Reliable Source. Wikipedia has that article which lists books in and associated with the Railway Series; if you find more that are arguably canonical (eg authorised by the Awdrys) then add them. Otherwise, if you want to include details from fan fiction and the like into your project, that's entirely up to you. -- Verbarson talkedits 09:57, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I already have defined what counts -- the Railway Series and the Thomas & Friends TV show count, but the various Youtube fan fiction videos (of which there are a great many, e.g. the "Ghosts of Sodor" series) don't! And that's why I'm asking about the monorail and the high-speed line -- I see them on some of the maps, but I haven't found any reference to them in Thomas & Friends, so I was asking to see if anyone happens to know if they are there somewhere (after all, the show did add a whole bunch of other lines over and above those in the Railway Series), or are they only in fan fiction? 2601:646:8080:FC40:C4F4:FCE1:FA5B:3015 (talk) 03:12, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Unless it's passing through from big island to big island then maybe. Dublin or Belfast to London in x minutes! Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 15:04, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Trying to find reliable sources??
Hey guys I need your help. I'm trying to find more sourced genres for the song "Tempted" by Squeeze, can you help me find some Iamthegoat524 (talk) 04:38, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 * More than the four we have already (Blue-eyed soul; Rhythm and blues; New wave; Power pop)? Wouldn't that be overdoing it? --Lambiam 11:18, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I feel like the song counts as "soft rock", its part of my OCD Iamthegoat524 (talk) 04:58, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * No, Squeeze is not soft rock. --Viennese Waltz 21:23, 15 February 2024 (UTC)