The Rickety Old Bridge

This article is about the bridge on Toby's branch line. You may be looking for the bridge in Australia.

The Rickety Old Bridge
Background Information
First appearance	Toby Had a Little Lamb (2002)
Last appearance	The Inventor's Spectacular Bridge (2021)
Creator(s)	Jenny McDade
Overview
Managed by	North Western Railway
Carries	Toby's Branch Line
Crosses	Gorge
Locale	West of Lower Arlesburgh, Island of Sodor (Sam Wilkinson map)
Characteristics
Material	Wood
Bridge type	Truss bridge
No. of tracks	1
History
Status	Destroyed

The Rickety Old Bridge was a bridge near Lower Arlesburgh which carried Toby's Branch Line over a gorge.

History

When Toby decided to take his old line to rescue Farmer McColl's sheep, he had to cross the bridge during a blizzard.

Many years later, the bridge collapsed after Toby and Henrietta crossed it, trapping them both on the other side, until Ruth made a replacement for it: her Walking Bridge.

Appearances

• Television Series

Thomas & Friends

• Series 6 - Toby Had a Little Lamb
• Series 24 - The Inventor's Spectacular Bridge

Trivia

• The bridge's model would later be reused for Babbling Brook Bridge.
• Despite being shown to cross Hackenbeck Stream on former Railway Consultant Sam Wilkinson's 2014 map of Sodor, there is no river present in either of its appearances.
• When the bridge returned in full CGI, the gorge underneath it became considerably flatter to account for the Walking Bridge.

Gallery

Thomas & Friends

Model Series

The bridge in the sixth series

Toby and Henrietta on the bridge

CGI Series

The bridge in full CGI

The bridge collapsing

The remains of the bridge

Promotional Material

References

North Western Railway

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--- Dropped | * 1991-1994 maps only | ** 2014 map only

Toby's Branch Line

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* 1991 map only | ** 2014 map only