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A pair of books written to highlight rail safety using characters from the Railway Series. They were written partially due to Christopher Awdry's frustration at not being able to include a proper rail safety story in his 1991 Railway Series book Thomas and the Great Railway Show ("published 10 years before"). Bad Days for Thomas and His Friends ...
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. Awdry wrote 26 books; the final one being written in October 1972.
The first known audio adaptation was a 7" (33⅓rpm) EP narrated by the Rev. W. Awdry himself (), with "background effects taken from real engines". This record, released in 1957 by Chiltern Records of Princes Risborough, contained two stories – Edward's Day Out and Edward and Gordon – from the first book in the Railway Series: The Three Railway Engines.
Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series based on The Railway Series, created by the Rev. W. Awdry, and was first broadcast in 1984 alongside Shining Time Station until the end of 2021. This article lists Thomas & Friends books in the Pictureback series published by Random House and released in America only.
The Railway Series; List of books in The Railway Series; A. Wilbert Awdry; B. Barrow-in-Furness railway station; R. The Railway Stories; T. Thomas & Friends
Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; List of Railway Series Books
A poor mute boy and the title character of the story. Sir Percival Glyde The Woman in White: The fiancé and later husband of Laura Fairlie. Sir Julius Hanbury "Ghost in the Machine" (an episode of Inspector Morse) A baronet whose paintings have been stolen, and who is found dead. Sir Topham Hatt ("The Fat Controller") The Railway Series ...
The following section was created within The Railway Stories. Unhelpfully, when M&S re-published these versions (as described below) they also used the title 'The Railway Stories'. Since the article describes the audio versions of the original books from The Railway Series, coverage of these derived works is inappropriate there.