Harry and Rosie started to walk along the train. It was very fast and a bit wobbly when they went through the carriages, and they went through one, two then three differentdoors. Rosie loved pressing the buttons and making the doors open and close, and Harry had to hurry her along.

Comedy legends Punt and Dennis bring a new sitcom to Radio 4, set in the claustrophobic carriages of a cross-country rail service. In Journey Beyond Sodor, Rosie was given the number 37, this is a reference to her being the thirty-seventh standard gauge engine to be introduced in the television series. The first engine in the television series to receive a number who did not already have one, the second being Emily. The year of funding will stimulate research, build networks, and increase awareness of the links between slavery, steam power and the development of railways in Europe and the colonies.

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Rosie is the fourth female steam engine introduced in the television series after Lady, Emily and Molly. Have your child select the Thomas illustration they’d like to wear and work with them to color it in digitally. You’re then going to print it onto iron-on vinyl.

Dr Rosie Knight from the University of Sheffield, said: “The University of Sheffield's slavery research hub is very pleased to be part of thisproject. It promises to make an important contribution to ongoing debates around the relationships between industrialisation, colonialism, and enslavement, as well as bringing to light the day-to-day lives of enslaved, indentured, and free labourers.” Dr Kate Pangbourne from the University of Leeds’ Institute for Transport Studies said:“I am delighted to be leading the University of Leeds’ contribution to this ground-breaking interdisciplinary initiative to develop new understandings of the entwined history of steam power innovation, enslavement and colonialism. We have a visible legacy that is revealed in the geography of our ports, rail infrastructure, and industrial landscapes that deserves closer examination. At the University of Leeds, we are contributing expertise in transport studies, mobilities and law.”

From Cambridge Rail Station

Railways were critical to the expansion of colonial power across Asia and Africa, as well as the opening up of the North American interior. Wealth generated in the colonies was a stimulus to industrialisation, long after the abolition of slavery in the UK and US. This project will examine the economic, social and infrastructural legacy of steam and slavery in the late 19th and 20th centuries.” Since her debut, Rosie has appeared in every series and special except The Adventure Begins, which was set before she arrived on the railway and the twentieth series, possibly due to her model being reworked for Journey Beyond Sodor and the twenty-first series. The French title is misleading, as the episode was not centered around Toby. However, during the French-speaking Canadian airings, the goof is fixed.