The Railway Series AU: Sodor Swapped
***Book 1: Main Line Engines***
* All appearances of Gordon are replaced by 87546. * Edward’s Day Out has no changes. * Edward and Gordon have a big change with 87546 replacing Gordon’s role, and Edward is to help 87546 up the hill. * The Sad Story of Henry has no changes. * In Edward, Gordon and Henry, 87546 takes Gordon’s role, however, the big bully doesn’t get a happy ending like the original and is sent away. * Stories: * Edward's Day Out * Edward and the Big Engines * The Sad Story of Henry * Edward and Henry
***Book 2: Thomas the Tank Engine***
* In this AU, Thomas is a GWR 57xx pannier tank engine and he has Duck's canon livery in this timeline only he has the number 6 instead of the number 1 * In Thomas and Gordon, Henry takes Gordon’s role. Henry does want to pay Thomas out, but, he pulls Thomas with his express by accident. * Thomas’ Train and Thomas and the Trucks have no changes. * Thomas and the Breakdown Train has no big changes either, except Henry takes Gordon’s minor role. * Stories: * Thomas and Henry * Thomas' Train * Thomas and the Trucks * Thomas and the Breakdown Train (Thomas doesn't get his branchline but instead gets repainted into his NWR livery and gets the number 1)
***Book 3: James the Red Engine***
* James and the Top-Hat has a big change, that being Henry having Edward’s role because James is gonna be the new express engine, but as we all know, it backfired completely and Thomas' role will be omitted. * James and the Bootlace have no changes other than Gordon’s mention taken out. * Troublesome Trucks have Henry take Edward’s role once again. * In James and the Express, when 87546 returns to be the express engine, he thinks he is better than everyone and says he knows the line by instinct. Until karma bites him in the end and James comes to the rescue and saves the day. After James takes the express at the end of the line, 87546 is sent away in disgrace and James… is now the permanent express engine. * Stories: * James and the Top-Hat * James and the Bootlace * Troublesome Trucks * James the Express Engine
***Book 4: Rosie The Red Tank Engine***
* This book is where the AU REALLY begins to change. * The first story has Rosie brought to Sodor to run the re-opened Ffarqhaur Branch line * Stories: * Thomas And The Birthday Mail * Rosie Goes Fishing * Rosie, Terence and the Snow * Rosie and Bertie
***Book 5: Troublesome Engines***
* One big change to this story is that Percy doesn't come to Sodor in this timeline since Thomas is already shunting in the yards * Trouble In The Sheds and Percy Runs Away don't occur in this timeline * Stories: * Tenders And Turntables (replace Gordon's role with Henry) * James In A Mess (Slightly rewritten, Toby replaces Thomas) * Off The Rails (James replaces Gordon's role and he accidentally crashes into a ditch) * Henry And The Elephant
***Book 6: Henry The Green Engine***
* Coal * Whistles And Sneezes (James replaces Gordon's role and he only complains about Henry's loud whistling) * Henry Tries His Best (rewrite of Henry's Happy Coal) * The Flying Kipper (The crash is treated more serious and all of the engines give Henry a warm welcome back when he returns from Crewe)
***Book 7: Toby The Tram Engine***
* All of Thomas' appearences are replaced by Rosie * Stories: * Toby And The Stout Gentleman * Rosie In Trouble * Down The Mine (Toby replaces Gordon's role) * Mrs. Kyndley's Christmas (Toby replaces Rosie's role
***Book 8: Rebecca The Express Engine***
* This is where the AU REALLY starts changing, Rebecca comes to Sodor to help Henry and James with the mainline * Stories: * Confusion Without Delay (Rewritten) * Leaves (Rebecca is the one who slides down the hill and Edward helps her up the hill and comforts her about her mistakes) * Alliances (Thomas and Rebecca have to pull an important goods train, Thomas bursts his safety valve on Gordon's hill and Rebecca pushes Thomas and the goods train to the works and the two form an alliance * Paint Pots And Queens (Rebecca replaces Gordons' role and James is the one who tells Sir Topham Hatt to let Rebecca pull the Royal train
***Book 9: Edward The Blue Engine***
* The book has no changes only Gordon's role is replaced by either Henry or James since Rebecca is kind to Edward * Stories: * Cows (James replaces Gordon's role) * Bertie's Chase (Thomas' original role is replaced by Rosie) * Saved From Scrap * Old Iron (Rosie replaces Percy's role and Rebecca sticks up for Edward along with Thomas)
***Book 10: Three Little Engines***
* James replaces Gordon's role * Stories: * Skarloey Remebers * Sir Handel (Sir Handel is more cynical but he still does his work, he accidentally bumps the coaches too hard and Agnes gets scolded for her bad behavior, Sir Handel is inspected after he falls between the rails on his way to the quarry and it's revealed that Sir Handel needs new wheels with broader tyres, so The Thin Controller places in an order) * Peter Sam And The Refreshment Lady (No changes except Sir Handel is more mature) * Old Faithful (No changes)
***Book 11: More About Thomas The Tank Engine***
* Since Thomas is already the station pilot in this universe and is already a great western engine, Duck has no need to be in this timeline. * Stories: * Thomas And The Signal * A Scarf For Thomas * Thomas And Harold (Thomas replaces Percy and either Toby or Rosie replaces Thomas' original role) * Thomas' Promise (Rosie replaces Thomas' original role)
***Book 12: Walter The Austerity Engine***
* Walter is the 8th engine in this timeline, and he works on the Ffarqhaur Branchline * This book will take place fully on the Ffarqhaur Branch Line * Stories: * Walter And The Porridge * The Runaway (Walter replaces Thomas' role) * A Suprise For Walter * Drip Tank (slightly rewritten, Rosie replaces Thomas' role and Walter replaces Percy's role
***Book 13: The Eight Famous Engines***
* Walter and Rebecca replace Percy and Gordon's roles and Rosie replaces Thomas' original roles * Stories: * Thomas Takes The Plunge (Thomas tells Rebecca about the time he braved bad weather to help Rosie) * Rebecca's Mainland Adventure * Time For Trouble (replace Gordon with Rebecca) * Sir Topham Hatt's Engines (Thomas only bursts a cylinder and is repaired easily before the trip)
***Book 14: Thomas And The Diesel Engine***
* Thomas replaces Duck, Rebecca replaces Gordon * Pop Goes The Diesel (The trucks don't sing a song about Diesel but Diesel is still furious and humilated with Thomas and wants to pay him out) * Dirty Work (Rebecca is more hurt than angry with Thomas, Henry is furious with Thomas and James is the only one who belives Thomas * The World's Strongest Engine (Rosie decides to trick Diesel into pulling 20 trucks) * A Close Shave (Henry replaces the engine whose train chased Duck)
***Book 15: The Little Old Engine***
* This book has some slight changes * Trucks! (Rusty is properly introduced and Sir Handel doesn't fake sick, instead he and Peter Sam swap jobs) * Home At Last (No changes) * Rock N' Roll * Little Old Twins (Sir Handel and Duncan's roles are swapped)
***Book 16: The Twin Engines***
* Walter, Thomas and Rebecca replace Percy, Duck and Gordon's roles, Rosie replaces Thomas' original role * Twins And A Coach (Rewrite of Hullo Twins And The Missing Coach, Donald and Douglas don't swap Tenders and Rosie replaces Thomas' original role and Thomas replaces Duck's role) * Break Van (no changes except Donald jokes about James needing bootlaces and doesn't mention that Douglas intentionally rammed into the signalbox) * Love Me Tender (Rewritten) * The Deputation
Book 17: Branch Line Engines