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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. Twenty-six books were written by Awdry, the final one being written in October 1972.
This book is a companion volume to the Railway Series, providing comprehensive biographies of the characters within the books and exploring the origins of the stories. Like The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways, it included aspects of the fictional universe that were never featured in the Railway Series stories. It described the ...
The North Western Railway (NWR) is the main standard gauge rail network on the Island of Sodor. The railway's motto is "Nil Unquam Simile", which is Latin for "There's nothing quite like it". From nationalisation on January 1, 1948 until it was privatised, the railway was the North Western Region of British Railways (BR). From 1925 onwards, it ...
Toby first appeared in the seventh book in The Railway Series, Toby the Tram Engine, in 1952, and appeared in several subsequent books. The second book focused on Toby was the sixth of Christopher Awdry 's books, Toby, Trucks and Trouble .
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
The Island of Sodor is a fictional island that is the setting for The Railway Series books by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry (and his son Christopher).It is also the setting of the Thomas & Friends television series, though it is significantly different from the island in the books.
This category contains articles about characters from The Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry.For characters who have appeared on the TV series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends see Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends characters.
The first new Railway Stories recording in over 10 years was released on CD by BBC Audiobooks in March 2006. [1] It contained adaptations of the first three Railway Series books, and was narrated by Michael Angelis. So far, six such CDs have been released, each containing three volumes from the Railway Series.