Crovan's Gate is town near a narrow gap in the hills that is the only practicable route into the centre of Sodor from the east. It is the terminus of the Skarloey Railway. Engines come from the North Western and Culdee Fell railways to the works, established in 1915, to be repaired. The town is named after Godred Crovan, who saved Sodor from a Viking invasion. After a warband of Vikings landed nearby, they were lured to a small pass which led to the center of Sodor and attacked. The warband retreated to their boats, only to find they had all been burnt by another party who had hid nearby.