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Christopher Vere Awdry (born 2 July 1940) [1] is an English author. He is best known for his contributions to The Railway Series of books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine , which was started by his late father, Wilbert Awdry (1911–1997).
The episodes "Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree" and "Thomas and Trevor" were both one-off stories written by Christopher. The following series would begin to use original stories by the production staff, with some of the remaining Railway Series stories deemed "repetitive and too 'storybook' orientated".
Thomas & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry. This article lists and details episodes from the seventeenth series of the show, which was first broadcast from 2013 to 2014.
The publishers were eager for new books, as the television adaptation was in production at the time, and Christopher Awdry became the new Railway Series author. All of his books were illustrated by Clive Spong , an illustrator who, it was felt, could combine technical accuracy with the appealing, colourful style exemplified by C. Reginald Dalby .
The Railway Series is a series of British books about a railway known as the North Western Railway, located on the fictional Island of Sodor.There are 42 books in the series, the first published in May 1945 by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry.
0-4-2 ST: One of the eldest and faithful engines on Sodor. Talyllyn: Rheneas: SR 2 0-4-0 WT: Nicknamed "Gallant Old Engine", after saving the railway from closure. Dolgoch: Sir Handel: SR/MSR 3 0-4-2 ST: Named after Sir Handel Brown, the first manager. His original name was Falcon, after the Falcon Works where he was built. Sir Haydn: Peter Sam ...
Thomas the Tank Engine is an anthropomorphised fictional tank locomotive in the British Railway Series books by Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher, published from 1945.He became the most popular character in the series, and is the titular protagonist in the accompanying television series adaptation Thomas & Friends and its reboot Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go.
Thomas and the Magic Railroad is a 2000 children's fantasy adventure film written and directed by Britt Allcroft and produced by Allcroft and Phil Fehrle; the cast includes Alec Baldwin, Peter Fonda, Mara Wilson, Didi Conn, Russell Means, Cody McMains, Michael E. Rodgers, and the voices of Eddie Glen and Neil Crone.