In books and on TV, he is rather overshadowed by his more illustrious friends. But Toby the Tram took centre-stage at the weekend as a sculpture was unveiled to remember a lost piece of the region ...

Tobias, more commonly called Toby, was a small little tram engine who worked on his tram line with his faithful coach Henrietta. But hard times came, and the tram line shut down.

"Toby the Tram Engine and his coach, Henrietta, and later Marvis, the Diesel tram, were based on rolling stock used on the tramway." The memento will be a large noticeboard charting the route of ...

Toby is based on the J70 tram engine that ran on the line and appears in the books by Reverend Wilbert Awdry, who was also the one time vicar of the nearby village Emneth. Passenger services for ...

Most Thomas the Tank Engine fanatics, young or old, will know of Toby the Tram Engine – though his links to Wisbech are not so famous.