Troublesome Engines
By W. Awdry
1950
First Published
4.12
Average Rating
63
Number of Pages
Part of Series
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.
Avg Rating
4.12
Number of Ratings
108
5 STARS
43%
4 STARS
32%
3 STARS
20%
2 STARS
4%
1 STARS
1%
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Author
W. Awdry
Author · 215 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.
