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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.
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.
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.
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.
The Arlesdale Railway is Sodor's only miniature railway. It is based on the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway in Cumbria. The railway is run by Fergus Duncan (The Small Controller). Its five engines appear in the books. The diesel engines are mentioned in the companion books: Sigrid of Arlesdale, Blister I and Blister II.
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 This ...
The new interest from the publishers has gone beyond merely re-releasing the existing books. Christopher Awdry has written a new book for the series, titled Thomas and Victoria, which focuses on stories relating to the railway preservation movement. This, the forty-first book in the series, was released on 3 September 2007.
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.