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There are many railway and other 'vehicle' characters in The Railway Series children's books by Rev. W. Awdry. For a list, please see: For a list, please see: List of characters in The Railway Series
Awdry's memorial plaque, shared with his wife Margaret, at Church Place, Rodborough, Gloucestershire A Class 91 locomotive, 91 124, used to bear the name The Rev W Awdry.A Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST (saddle tank) engine on the Dean Forest Railway is named Wilbert after him; and was used as the title character in Christopher Awdry's Railway Series book Wilbert the Forest Engine.
In some of W. Awdry's later books he appeared as the Thin Clergyman and was described as a writer, though his name and connections to the series were never made explicit. He was invariably accompanied by the Fat Clergyman , based on the Rev. Teddy Boston , [ 9 ] who was a fellow railway enthusiast and close friend.
The Class 28 was the inspiration for the character James the Red Engine from The Railway Series books by the Rev W Awdry, and the spin-off TV series Thomas and Friends. [3] Awdry describes James as an experimental rebuild as a 2-6-0 with 5 ft 6 in driving wheels. The other obvious visual difference from the Class 28 is the lack of a leading ...
On Awdry's model railway, [9] Toby was represented by a Y6, [10] an 0-4-0 locomotive similar to but smaller than the J70 [11] [2] and better suited to the 4-wheel motor bogie available to power the model. [10] In 1961, Awdry wrote an article for Railway Modeller magazine on the construction of this locomotive. [10]
The Rev. W. Awdry was for about 12 years the vicar of Emneth, a village near Wisbech, and he drew much inspiration from the tramway for stories in his Railway Series children's books. In the book, Toby the Tram Engine , the character Toby , and his coach Henrietta are introduced, and later Mavis the Quarry Diesel is introduced in Tramway Engines .
In 1948, he was approached by Edmund Ward, who had recently accepted the Revd. W. Awdry's stories for publication. Dalby illustrated The Railway Series books from the original title, The Three Railway Engines (which he re-illustrated, replacing the original art work by William Middleton), up until Percy the Small Engine .
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.