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An ochre gold tank engine, named after a district in London, from the Bluebell Railway. In the Railway Series, his friendly and enthusiastic attitude makes him a welcome visitor on the Fat Controller's railway. LB&SCR A1X class: Class 40: BR D4711 A big green diesel engine who once visited the North Western Railway on loan from British Railways.
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 ...
Thomas & Friends (formerly known as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends) is a children's media franchise created by Britt Allcroft and currently owned by Mattel.The franchise revolves around an ensemble cast of anthropomorphic steam locomotives and other vehicles, including the main protagonist Thomas the Tank Engine, who work on the Island of Sodor.
A Class J70 steam tram on the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway, early 1950s. Toby is based on a J70 tram engine from the Great Eastern Railway (GER Class C53). [1] His cowcatchers and sideplates allow him to run on roadside tramways, which other engines are not allowed to do for safety reasons. [2]
James the Red Engine is a fictional anthropomorphic tender locomotive from The Railway Series children's books by the Reverend Awdry and the TV series adaptation Thomas & Friends. [1] James is the number 5 engine on the North Western Railway, the Fat Controller's railway on the Island of Sodor. James debuted in the 1946 book Thomas the Tank Engine.
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