The island of Sodor suffers from "Springfield USA" syndrome in which it is both a backwater and the most happening place ever!
Lame: No one knows Sodor engines!
Happening: Get off the rails it is Thomas the Tank Engine, heavy on Topham Hatt's crew!
Lame: Such quaint trains. My bus will replace them all!
Happening: We got steam! We got wide, narrow, and miniature gauge rails. We got like 4 main lines. A buried pirate ship!
Lame: Oh the Duke and Duchess are coming here to summer. How nice.
Happening: We have an active dinosaur dig AND mining in the same spot. We got farms and heavy industry (smelter's yard). A chocolate factory, zoo, aquarium and cliffs, rivers, beaches, and cities
Lame: So quiet here
Happening: Disaster every damn second! Confusion and delay!
