Books in series
#0.5
The Island of Sodor
Its People, History and Railways
1987
The authors created the make-believe island of Sodor and its railway service to serve as an authentic background to the Railway Series of books about Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends.
#1
The Three Railway Engines
1945
A redesigned collection of four stories featuring Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends. In the RAILWAY series. Illustrated in full colour.
#2
Thomas the Tank Engine
1946
Thomas is a fussy, cheeky little tank engine whom we meet here for the first time. He proves to be such a Really Useful Engine that he is given a Branch Line all to himself.
#3
James the Red Engine
1948
This classic small hardcover includes four stories. James has an accident, gets the hiccups, and has trouble with his freight cars, but still saves the day by pulling the express when Gordon loses his way. Part of The Railway Series.
#4
Tank Engine Thomas Again
1963
You will remember that previously Thomas was given a branch line all to himself. Here he is proudly running up and down his branch line - and the Fat Controller is keeping his eye on him as usual! Thomas still finds trouble, but he also makes some new friends and all turns out happily in the end.
#5
Troublesome Engines
1950
This book tells how Henry meets an elephant and James spins round like a top, how the Fat Controller deals with the bigger engines who are Getting Above Themselves and being troublesome, and how a new engine called Percy comes to the rescue by running away.
#6
Henry the Green Engine
1950
Henry the Green Engine has recovered from his silly habit of staying in tunnels whenever it rains, but he is still causing trouble for Sir Topham Hatt in four exciting stories. Part of The Railway Series.
#7
Toby the Tram Engine
1952
Four classic stories about Toby the Tram Engine—the small wooden steam tram who runs a branch line and is a great friend of Thomas. Toby is the third most popular engine after Thomas and Percy!
Toby is rescued from his East Anglian railway by the Fat Controller, and has a run-in with James.
#8
Gordon the Big Engine
1953
Gordon, that proud and pompous Express Engine, appeared in all the earlier books in this series, but this is the first time that he has had a book named after him.
#9
Edward the Blue Engine
1954
Four classic stories about Edward, the kindest engine in the shed. Edward may be old, but he is very loyal. Whether it is with a silly cow on the line or a scary runaway train, Edward is always eager to help out.
1 Cows
2 Bertie's Chase
3 Saved From Scrap
4 Old Iron
#10
Four Little Engines
1954
The original Railway Series books continue to delight Thomas fans of all ages.
#11
Percy the Small Engine
1754
Percy, The Small Engine (Railway Series, No.11)
#12
Eight Famous Engines
1955
Cheeky Percy is taught a lesson, Gordon takes a trip to London, and then all the engines are shown in an exhibition.
#13
Duck and the Diesel Engine
1957
Duck the saddle-tank engine is Great Western and proud of it! In this book, he laughs as a jealous Gordon loses his dome, meets the oily Diesel Engine who gets him into trouble, and has a close shave before finally saving the day.
#14
The Little Old Engine
1959
Sir Handel's thoughtlessness causes Peter Sam to have an accident, Skarloey returns and he and Rusty each rescue Duncan after he makes foolish mistakes, then a television crew comes to film them all.
#15
The Twin Engines
1960
A collection of four stories chronicling the adventures of several railway engines.
The Fat Controller ordered one goods engine from Scotland and was surprised and disturbed to receive two, called Donald and Douglas. Unfortunately they had lost their numbers and they were identical twins. You can imagine the confusion they caused, for no one could tell which was which.
15.1 Hullo Twins!
15.2 The Missing Coach
15.3 Break Van
15.4 The Deputation
#16
Branch Line Engines
1961
As the author says, "We never have a dull moment on our Branch Line." The stories here show this. First Thomas got in trouble and then a Diesel Rail-car called Daisy came to do his work. She then caused trouble, Toby chased a bull, Percy added to the problems...And so it went on until the Fat Controller once again came to the rescue, and all ended happily.
16.1 Thomas Comes to Breakfast
16.2 Daisy
16.3 Bull's-eyes
16.4 Percy's Predicament
#17
Gallant Old Engine
1961
A collection of four stories chronicling the adventures of several railway engines.
Stories:
Special Funnel
Steamroller
Passengers and Polish
Gallant Old Engine
#18
Stepney the Bluebell Engine
1963
The original Railway Series books continue to delight Thomas fans of all ages.
#19
Mountain Engines
1964
The original Railway Series books continue to delight Thomas fans of all ages.
#20
Very Old Engines
1965
First published in Great Britain 1965—T.p. verso.
#21
Main Line Engines
1966
A collection of four stories chronicling the adventures of several railway engines.
On the Fat Controller's Railway trucks disappear, some bees escape, and a green hat is mistaken for the guard's flag! Two new mischievous twin engines, Bill and Ben, are introduced to the system and BoCo the diesel is a newcomer too, but how useful he proves to be.
21.1 The Diseasel
21.2 Buzz Buzz
21.3 Wrong Road
21.4 Edward's Exploit
#22
Small Railway Engines
1967
Introduction to the new Controller, called the small controller, a new branch line called the small railway and new engines Rex, Bert and Mike. Awdry himself makes a fictionalised appearance as the Thin Clergyman.
BALLAST: Donald and Douglas report meeting "vera wee engines" and Duck goes to investigate
TIT FOR TAT: The small engines the Thin and Fat clergymen, who promise to write about them in a book.
MIKE'S WHISTLE: Mike loses his whistle
USEFUL RAILWAY: Rex is derailed by a bale of wool
#23
Enterprising Engines
1968
The original Railway Series books continue to delight Thomas fans of all ages.
#24
Oliver the Western Engine
1969
Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. 3rd Impression of 1st Edition. Landscape small 8vo. 59pp. Profuse coloured illustrations. Very good clean tight sound square, no bookplate, inscriptions or marks of any kind. In yellow pictorial laminated boards, a lovely item for the enthusiast.
#25
Duke the Lost Engine
1970
Introducing an engine called Duke, who was lost in his own shed for twenty-two years because of a landslide. He looks like a real engine called Prince which runs at Portmadoc in Wales.
25.1 Granpuff
25.2 Bulldog
25.3 You Can't Win!
25.4 Sleeping Beauty
#26
Tramway Engines
1972
Revd Awdry's final book in the railway series before his son Christopher took over. The stories concern Thomas' branch line and the book introduces Mavis, the diesel working in the quarry (and shown on the original cover).
Stories: Ghost Train, Woolly Bear, Mavis, Toby's Tightrope
#27
Really Useful Engines
1996
From Christopher Awdry, whose father created Thomas and his friends, come four more classic tales of very helpful steam engines and their adventures on the cozy little Island of Sodor.
#28
James and the Diesel Engines
1994
James didn't like diesels: 'Mixed-up engines - how can they know if they're coming or going?' he demanded. Sometimes his dislike was certainly justified, but then one day one of the Fat Controller's new diesels came to his rescue. After that, James had to agree that even diesels had their uses.
28.1 Old Stuck-up
28.2 Crossed Lines
28.3 Fire-Engine
28.4 Deep Freeze
#29
Great Little Engines
1995
Great Little Engines (The Railway Series No. 29)
#30
More about Thomas the Tank Engine
1986
One day there was an accident in the yard at Farquhar. Thomas said it was Percy's fault. Percy said it wasn't. The quarrel wasn't really serious at first, but as time went on the two engines became crosser and crosser. Percy kept out of Thomas' way as much as he could, until one day he was called out to an emergency.
30.1 Thomas, Percy and the Coal
30.2 The Runaway
30.3 Better Late than Never
30.4 Drip-Tank
#31
Gordon the High Speed Engine
1987
Gordon wasn't satisfied with being 'the big engine'- he wanted to be the fastest engine as well. When he heard that the other railway had diesels which ran at 125 miles an hour, he thought he could travel even faster than that. Gordon tried hard, but mostly seemed to be in trouble until one day the high-speed Train broke down...
31.1 High-Speed Gordon
31.2 Smokescreen
31.3 Fire Escape
31.4 Gordon Proves His Point
#32
Toby, trucks, and trouble
Christopher Awdry ;
1988
Toby and Percy help out when Mavis has an accident, partly because the trucks caused trouble, but later some trucks help teach a rude barge a lesson.
#33
Thomas and the Twins
1989
The Reverend Awdry created Thomas the Tank Engine for his son, Christopher, who continued his father's work by writing a further 14 books. This title has been re-keyed and produced to keep in line with the 'Reverend Awdry Railway Series'.
#34
Jock the New Engine
1990
Frank the diesel was upset and got into trouble. Rex broke down, and Bert found he couldn't breathe properly. So the Small Controller had to do something about it. He decided that the railway needed a new engine, but what was he to be called? Then one of the Fat Controller's engines had an idea...
34.1 We Need Another Engine
34.2 Sticking-Power
34.3 Jock
34.4 Teamwork
#35
Thomas and the Great Railway Show
1995
Thomas has many adventures when he is invited to the Great Railway Show at the National Railway Museum in York.
#36
Thomas Comes Home
1996
Daisy, Percy and Toby all have problems while Thomas is away, but together they keep things moving until they welcome him home.
#37
Henry and the Express
1995
Henry has a series of mishaps, which everyone else finds very funny.
#38
Wilbert the Forest Engine
1994
An engine borrowed from a line in the Forest of Dean proves his worth filling in for Percy and helping Duck and Oliver.
#39
Thomas and the Fat Controller's Engines
1995
In this, the 39th book in the famous "Railway Series" begun by the Reverend Awdry in 1945, all sorts of things seem to be going wrong with the Fat Controller's engines, but luckily everything is sorted out in time for the Golden Jubilee party, held to celebrate 50 years of the series.
#40
New Little Engine
1996
Rheneas has trouble with slippery rails, Peter Sam tells of getting sick in Wales, and the newest engine joins the team.
#41
Thomas and Victoria
2007
Toby and Henrietta are overcrowded carrying the workmen from the quarry. The Fat Controller and the quarry manager don't know what to do, but Thomas finds the perfect solution when he meets Victoria, a lovely, old carriage.
#42
Thomas and his Friends
2011
This is a brand-new title in the historic "Railway Series" of 'small books for small hands', which are ideal for parents and children to share together. The forty-second volume contains four engine stories and is beautifully illustrated by heritage artist Clive Spong. Join Thomas the Tank Engine and a brand-new friend in some classic adventures on the Island of Sodor.
Authors
W. Awdry
Author · 216 books
Wilbert Vere Awdry, OBE, better known as the Rev. W. Awdry, was an English clergyman, railway enthusiast and children's author, and creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, who starred in Awdry's acclaimed Railway Series. The characters that would make Awdry famous, and the first stories featuring them, were invented in 1943 to amuse his son Christopher during a bout of measles. The first book (The Three Railway Engines) was published in 1945, and by the time Awdry stopped writing in 1972, The Railway Series numbered 26 books. Christopher subsequently added further books to the series.
