Thorndyke Corpse Railway

The Thorndyke Corpse Railway (known as "The Dead Railway") is a mysterious railway company on Nerland. It centered operations around the hospital and morgue of the Nerlish capital of Thorndyke.

History
The history of the Thorndyke Corpse Railway (known in the whole series as "The Dead Railway" by TR locomotives) is largely unknown since it was completely secret until the discovery of an abandoned railway tunnel under Thorndyke Hospital in 1938. This same tunnel served as a bomb shelter during WWII.

In 1983, TR No. 12 accidently wondered into the tunnel that went through to the abandoned 'Morgue' station. The tunnel from there onwards is walled up (the trains stopped running and the date is unknown). Following a rescue three days later, the tunnel was buried and the entrance to the mainline network removed and re-arranged as a siding.

Inspiration
The Thorndyke Corpse Railway appears to be based on the urban legend of the Whitechapel Corpse Train in London. The train's route was underground (owned and operated by the Metropolitan Railway) and is in the former stomping ground of famed London murderer, 'Jack the Ripper', aka the 'Whitechapel Murderer' and the 'Leather Apron'. It's unknown when this service began operations and when the operations of this service were suspended by the Metropolitan. A walled-up tunnel that has been photographed is said to be the Whitechapel Corpse Train's former route but there is little evidence of this theory.

Stations
It has been known that the Thorndyke Corpse Railway only has two stations: The route toward the hospital was walled up at 'Morgue' station at an unknown date.
 * Thorndyke Hospital
 * 'Morgue'

Motive power
The motive power of the line is unknown but since it has overhead catenary supports on the tunnel roof, this appears to be an electrified line.

Trivia
'Morgue' station features four weeping angel figures. These came from the 'Doctor Who' episode, 'Blink'.

Shane Sowter described 'Morgue' station as "something from a nightmare".

Spite having catenary supports in the tunnel, no wiring is seen.

Some "padded cell" coaches are found in the tunnel despite the fact they sport TR branding. It's unknown how these coaches ended up here without being noticed.

Despite being an urban legend, it's hard to believe that the tunnel to the Thorndyke Corpse Railway is connected to the TR mainline.