The Railway Series

The Railway Series, German: Railway Series, is a series of children's books on which the TV series Thomas the Tank Engine is based.

In the books it comes to stories of Thomas and his friends who live on the fictional Island of Sodor. Every story has a child-friendly teaching. 26 of these books were written by the Rev. Wilbert Vere Awdry in the years 1945 to 1972 and from 1983 by his son, Christopher Awdry, a total of 42 volumes published until 2011. The first inspiration for these books had already Wilbert Awdry as a child, because he lived next to a railway tunnel in the Great Western Railway in box. The first stories he wrote to cheer up his son, Christopher ( born 1940 ), who was ill with measles. All books consist of four stories.

In 2012, the first four books have been published in the UK digitally on Apple iOS devices. All books are published in English and Japanese.

Books were written by Wilbert Awdry

1 The Three Railway Engines ( 1945) - Edward, Henry and Gordon experience multiple adventures. 2 Thomas the Tank Engine (1946 ) - A switch engine strives for respect. 3 James the Red Engine ( 1948) - James gets into trouble and tries to make his mistakes well. 4 Tank Engine Thomas Again ( 1949) - Thomas experienced adventure on his new branch line. 5 Troublesome Engines ( 1950) - When the great strike locomotives, Percy is brought to help. 6 Henry the Green Engine (1951 ) - Henry overcomes his illness to prove his skills. Toby the Tram Engine 7 (1952 ) - Toby is rescued by Sir Topham Hatt, after its railway is closed. 8 Gordon the Big Engine ( 1953) - Gordon is doing everything possible to prepare for the royal visit on Sodor. 9 Edward the Blue Engine ( 1954) - Edward is old, but he is trying to do everything. 10 Four Little Engines ( 1955) - Stories of the narrow gauge locomotives of the Skarloey Railway to be told. 11 Percy the Small Engine ( 1956) - Percy it is enough to be bossed around and sees his chance to rescue as Thomas needs help. 12 The Eight Famous Engines ( 1957) - After the locomotives have become famous for their adventure they take a trip to England, but Thomas almost screwed up the trip. 13 Duck and the Diesel Engine (1958 ) - A sneaky Diesel is coming to Sodor and tells lies about Duck. 14 The Little Old Engine (1959 ) - Skarloey comes back to his small train and finds there before many changes. 15 The Twin Engines ( 1960) - Two Scottish twins make a lot of trouble at the freight station. 16 Branch Line Engines ( 1961) - Thomas has an accident, so comes a new, lazy diesel named Daisy. 17 Gallant Old Engine (1962 ) - The Schmalspurloks prepare everything for Rheneas 's before returning from the workshop. 18 Stepney the " Bluebell " Engine ( 1963) - Stepney by the bluebells railway visited Sodor. 19th Mountain Engines ( 1964) - We meet the Culdee Fell Railway locomotives and Lord Harry makes a stupid accident. 20 Very Old Engines ( 1965) - Skarloey and Rheneas remember their early days on her hundredth birthday. 21 Main Line Engines ( 1966) - Gordon and James undermined silly misadventures while Edward all surprised. 22 Small Railway Engines ( 1967) - Three small locomotives come to Sodor on a narrow gauge railway, the Arlesdale Railway to work. 23 Enterprising Engines ( 1968) - Diesel triumphs perhaps on the mainland, but not on Sodor. 24 Oliver the Western Engine ( 1969) - A proud Great Western steam locomotive gets in trouble. 25 Duke the Lost Engine ( 1970) - Peter Sam and Sir trading stories about their old days, when the search for a missing engine starts. 26 Tramway Engines ( 1972) - Percy and Thomas have adventures while Mavis caused chaos.

These books were later in Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection merged in 1997.

Books were written by Christopher Awdry

1 Really Useful Engines ( 1983) - The locomotives are perhaps long no longer appeared in the books, but that does not mean that life on the island of Sodor is over. 2 James and the Diesel Engines ( 1984) - James learns a lesson in dealing with diesel locomotives. 3 Great Little Engines ( 1985) - Sir trading is not satisfied with the life on the railroad, as to prove Peter Sam and Duncan. 4 More About Thomas the Tank Engine (1986 ) - Thomas and Percy fall out after an accident. 5 Gordon the High Speed ​​Engine ( 1987) - Gordon tries to prove how fast he can be as he gets to know the Intercity Pip and Emma. 6 Toby, Trucks and Trouble ( 1988) - Percy and Toby experience many adventures on the branch line. 7 Thomas and the Twins (1989 ) - Thomas meets Bill and Ben on Edward's branch line. 8 Jock the New Engine ( 1990) - A new powerful locomotive will start their work on the Arlesdale Railway. 9 Thomas and the Great Railway Show ( 1991) - Thomas travels to the mainland to take part in a major railway exhibition. 10 Thomas Comes Home (1992 ) - The story of Percy, Toby and Daisy while Thomas is on the mainland. 11 Henry and the Express ( 1993) - Henry is ill again and need a few repairs. 12 Wilbert the Forest Engine ( 1994) - Wilbert visited Sodor to Donald and Douglas on Duck's branch line to help. 13 Thomas and the Fat Controller 's Engines ( 1995) - Sodor celebrates fiftieth anniversary of the Railway Series. 14 New Little Engine ( 1996) - A new locomotive is built for the Skarloey Railway. 15 Thomas and Victoria (2007) - Sir Topham Hatt renovated an old persons car called Victoria for Toby. 16 Thomas and his Friends (2011) - Pip and Emma are members of the railroad of the thick Controller.

All except the last book, are in the book Thomas the Tank Engine: The New Collection 2007 summarized.

Special books

1 The Iceland of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways, Rev. W. Awdry and George Awdry (1987, 1992) - The Entire History sodors, their people, their culture and their geography and their railroad is there, down to the smallest detail described. 2nd Reading Between the Lines, Christopher Awdry (2005) - For more details on Sodor