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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
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)
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
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
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
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)
23 Enterprising Engines 1968 Flying Scotsman · D199 (Spamcan) · Bear · Oliver · Toad ·
Coaches: Isabel, Dulcie, Alice, Mirabel
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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