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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 .
Christopher Awdry, the Rev. W. Awdry's son, had some background in writing when he took over writing the Railway Series books, having written a number of articles for Steam Railway magazine. He was inspired to write some Railway Series stories by a visit to the Nene Valley Railway, with encouragement from his father.
Wilbert Vere Awdry OBE (15 June 1911 – 21 March 1997), often credited as Rev. W. Awdry, was an English Anglican minister, railway enthusiast, and children's author.He is best remembered as the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine and several other characters who appeared in his Railway Series.
Started in 1945 and concluded in 2011, The Railway Series is a series of 42 British books written by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher Awdry.This is a list of all characters who appeared in the book series.
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 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.
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 first book, Three Railway Engines was published in 1945 and introduced the characters Edward, Gordon, and Henry. Over the years, Reverend Awdry wrote 26 books in the series, ending his last book with Tramway Engines in 1972. After that, his son Christopher continued the series, adding 16 more books from 1983 to 2011.