sidneySidney is a forgetful blue diesel engine who is good friends with Percy. He often takes goods trains to the Mainland. Sidney started life as a shunter on the Mainland, until he unwittingly followed some diesels onto a steamship boundSidney Spit is accessible all year by boat or kayak. A passenger ferry runs from the wharf on Beacon Street in Sidney from mid-May until Labor Day weekend in September. Related