Books
The following table lists the titles of all 42 books in the Railway Series.
Books 1 - 26 written by The Rev. W. Awdry.
Books 27 onwards written by Christopher Awdry.
| Author | Vol. | Title | Year | Characters' first appearance | Illustrator |
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| Rev. W. Awdry | 1 | The Three Railway Engines | 1945 | Edward · Gordon · Henry · Fat Director | William Middleton (later completely redrawn by C. Reginald Dalby) |
| 2 | Thomas the Tank Engine | 1946 | Thomas · James | Reginald Payne (later partially redrawn by C. Reginald Dalby) |
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| 3 | James the Red Engine | 1948 | The Fat Controller (his title after Nationalisation) | C. Reginald Dalby | |
| 4 | Tank Engine Thomas Again | 1949 | Annie and Clarabel · Terence the Tractor · Bertie the Bus | ||
| 5 | Troublesome Engines | 1950 | Percy | ||
| 6 | Henry the Green Engine | 1951 | Henry (post-rebuild) | ||
| 7 | Toby the Tram Engine | 1952 | Toby · Henrietta | ||
| 8 | Gordon the Big Engine | 1953 | |||
| 9 | Edward the Blue Engine | 1954 | Trevor the Traction Engine | ||
| 10 | Four Little Engines | 1955 | Skarloey · Rheneas · Sir Handel · Peter Sam · Thin Controller · The Owner · Carriages: Agnes, Ruth, Lucy, Jemima, Beatrice · Mrs Last |
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| 11 | Percy the Small Engine | 1956 | Duck · Harold the Helicopter | ||
| 12 | The Eight Famous Engines | 1957 | The Foreign Engine · Jinty and Pug | John T. Kenney | |
| 13 | Duck and the Diesel Engine | 1958 | City of Truro · Diesel | ||
| 14 | The Little Old Engine | 1959 | Rusty · Duncan · Carriages: Cora, Ada, Jane, Mabel, Gertrude, Millicent |
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| 15 | The Twin Engines | 1960 | Donald and Douglas · Spiteful Brake Van | ||
| 16 | Branch Line Engines | 1961 | Daisy the Diesel Rail-Car | ||
| 17 | Gallant Old Engine | 1962 | George the Steamroller · Nancy the Guard's Daughter | ||
| 18 | Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine | 1963 | Stepney · Caroline the car · The Diesel/D4711 | Gunvor & Peter Edwards | |
| 19 | Mountain Engines | 1964 | Culdee · Ernest · Wilfred · Godred · Lord Harry · Alaric · Eric · Catherine (coach) · The Truck · Lord Harry Barrane · Mr Walter Richards |
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| 20 | Very Old Engines | 1965 | Neil | ||
| 21 | Main Line Engines | 1966 | BoCo · Bill and Ben | ||
| 22 | Small Railway Engines | 1967 | Mike · Rex · Bert · Ballast Spreader · The Small Controller (Mr. Fergus Duncan) |
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| 23 | Enterprising Engines | 1968 | Flying Scotsman · D199 (Spamcan) · Bear · Oliver · Toad · Coaches: Isabel, Dulcie, Alice, Mirabel |
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| 24 | Oliver the Western Engine | 1969 | S.C.Ruffey · Fred Pelhay · Bulgy | ||
| 25 | Duke the Lost Engine | 1970 | Duke · Falcon · Stuart · Stanley | ||
| 26 | Tramway Engines | 1972 | Mavis | ||
| Christopher Awdry | 27 | Really Useful Engines | 1983 | Tom Tipper | Clive Spong |
| 28 | James and the Diesel Engines | 1984 | Old Stuck-up · The Works Diesel | ||
| 29 | Great Little Engines | 1985 | |||
| 30 | More About Thomas the Tank Engine | 1986 | |||
| 31 | Gordon the High-Speed Engine | 1987 | Pip & Emma · 31 120 · D10751 | ||
| 32 | Toby, Trucks and Trouble | 1988 | The Old Engine · Bulstrode | ||
| 33 | Thomas and the Twins | 1989 | |||
| 34 | Jock the New Engine | 1990 | Arlesdale Railway engines: Frank, Jock | ||
| 35 | Thomas and the Great Railway Show | 1991 | Engines at the National Railway Museum | ||
| 36 | Thomas Comes Home | 1992 | |||
| 37 | Henry and the Express | 1993 | |||
| 38 | Wilbert the Forest Engine | 1994 | Wilbert · Sixteen | ||
| 39 | Thomas and the Fat Controller's Engines | 1995 | |||
| 40 | New Little Engine | 1996 | Fred · Kathy & Lizzie (cleaners) · Ivo Hugh | ||
| 41 | Thomas and Victoria | 2007 | Victoria (a coach) · Helena (a coach similar to Victoria) · Albert | ||
| 42 | Thomas and his Friends | 2011 |
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