Influences and Future Appearances
- BBC2 Wales revived Ivor for a series of promotional spots advertising their new digital television channel "2W" for Wales.
- Postgate and Firmin created a map of their fictional railway which was adhered to rigidly during filming.
- In 2007 'All Aboard with Ivor' events were held at various heritage railways around the UK following the modification of a small Peckett industrial locomotive to resemble Ivor. Railways hosting the event include the Battlefield Line Railway in Leicestershire, the Watercress Line in Hampshire and the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway in Oxfordshire.
- On the Loonee Tunes! album by the British ska band Bad Manners is a song titled "The Undersea Adventures of Ivor the Engine".
- Some of the artwork from production is on display at the Rupert Bear Museum, along with several other items from Smallfilm's history.
- In April 2011, Smallfilms collaborated with mobile gaming company, Dreadnought Design, to launch an Ivor the Engine game under the newly created Smallworlds brand.
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