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W Awdry and his son Christopher. Nearly all of the 42 books in the series have been recorded by one of five different narrators: Johnny MorrisWilliam RushtonTed RobbinsMichael Angelisand even the Rev. Awdry himself. Awdry himself see photoThomas Railway Stories "background effects taken from real engines". Each 7" 45rpm vinyl record contained two stories, taken from the first eleven books of . The recordings were released in mono. The front of the record sleeve showed an original illustration Thomas Railway Stories the story in the original book. While on the back, there was a list of the other recordings in "The Railway Engine Series" [sic], together with an introduction from the Rev. Thomas Railway Stories : Thomas Railway Stories. My father was a railway enthusiast and brought me up accordingly. Our Thomas Railway Stories at Box, , was near the Great Western main line and listening to heavy freights clawing up the grade it was not hard to imagine engine and banker talking to each other, and for me, steam engines developed Thomas Railway Stories. So when my son caught measles at the age of three I told him these stories to amuse him. They were not written down at first, I made them up as I went along. But I had to tell them so often, carefully using the same words, that both he and I soon knew them by heart. It was only later, at my wife's suggestion, that I wrote them down, so that other children besides our own might have pleasure from Thomas Railway Stories too. The label was carefully designed so that the record player spindle fitted through the Thomas Railway Stories 'nose'! No attempt had been made to make the engine look like one of those from the stories. Stories from Book 2 - Thomas the Tank Engine : [3]. Stories from Book 3 - : [3]. Stories from Book 5 - Troublesome Engines : [3]. Stories from Book 6 - Henry the Green Engine : [3]. Stories from Book 7 - Toby the : Thomas Railway Stories. Stories from Book 8 - Gordon the Big Engine : [3]. Stories from Book 9 - Edward the Blue Engine :. Stories from Book 10 - Four Little Thomas Railway Stories :. Stories from Book 11 - Percy the Small Engine :. Each record contained the stories from two complete books, one book on each side. The sleeve notes included the same quote from Rev. The sleeve illustrations were taken directly from the artwork of the original books. The first eight books were again narrated by Johnny Morris. Decca was also Thomas Railway Stories owner of the Argo label, renowned for its audiobooks and other non-music recordings. It was therefore a natural progression to extend the series on this label. These stories were narrated by Willie Rushton and the gaps between the tracks included atmospheric if not always accurate steam or diesel sound effects. The albums were later released on audio cassette under the same labels. Subsequently, Willie Rushton also recorded the remaining books up to no. These recordings were never released on vinyl, only on audio cassette. The Johnny Morris albums were identified as 'Volume 1' to 'Volume 4'; while the Willie Rushton recordings omitted any 'Volume' identity on the front cover. For clarity, the recording details below have been identified by volume numbers, regardless of whether these were shown on the sleeve. Side 2 from Book 2: Thomas the Tank Engine. Side 1 from Book 3: James the Red Engine. Side 1 from Book 5: Troublesome Engines. Side 2 from Book 6: Henry the Green Engine. The book Henry the Green Engine was unique in the series by having five stories rather than four. For the recording, it was the fourth story "Percy and the Trousers" which was omitted. Side 1 from Book 7: . Side 2 from Book 8: Gordon the Big Engine. Side 1 from Book 9: Edward the Blue Engine. Side 2 from Book Four Thomas Railway Stories Engines. Side 1 from Book Percy the Small Engine. Side 1 from Book Duck and the Diesel Engine. The case insert for the cassette version lists the story titles as being on 'Side 1' and 'Side 2', but the labels on the cassette itself are marked '5' and '6'. By comparison, the label on cassette KCSP identifies the sides conventionally '1' and '2'. In addition to the individual releases, the recordings were re-released together as compilations on the Argo label. The first compilations were released on two pairs of individually cased cassettes: one pair for the Johnny Morris stories, one pair for Willie Rushton's. The Willie Rushton compilation was released again after Decca's acquisition by PolyGram inthis time Thomas Railway Stories a twin boxed set. In addition to the 'new' Argo logo, the EMI logo was displayed on the spine of the case sleeve. The sleeve artwork was a heavily cropped portion of the illustration from the earlier compilation. The picture was Thomas Railway Stories on one from the original books, the Thomas Railway Stories being credited as "Quick on the Draw". The cassette label and case insert showed the title as "The Railway Stories", and named the narrator and original author. Apart from Thomas Railway Stories, and the usual copyright data, they were completely devoid of any indication as to the content of the recordings or the Thomas Railway Stories behind them. It is not known whether the cassettes were originally supplied in some form of additional outer case that better described their content. These were released in the s by Egmont Books, on a series of four audio cassettes. A selection of the stories were later released for the Early Learning Centreunder the title Storytime Thomas Railway Stories Thomas the Tank Engine : "10 classic railway stories with music and sound effects". There were two cassettes released, both using the same Ken Thomas Railway Stories illustration, the second being labelled 'Volume Thomas Railway Stories. So far, six such CDs have been released, each containing three volumes from the Railway Series. This is evident through the cover art, which uses promotional images from the recent series', the storytelling style, and the splicing of several of the songs from the TV series within the stories. Each book, which is of a similar form to those in the My Thomas Story Library range, is accompanied by a CD containing the story narrated by Angelis, with sound effects and music. There have been other audiobooks containing stories from The Railway Series, although most of these are based on stories re-written for the Thomas and Friends TV series. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. 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The Railway Series is a set of British story books about a railway system located on the fictional Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first being published in Twenty-six were written by the Rev. Wilbert Awdryup to A further 16 were written by his son, Christopher Awdry ; 14 between andand two more in and Nearly all of The Railway Series stories were based upon real-life events. As a lifelong railway enthusiast, Awdry was keen that his stories should Thomas Railway Stories as realistic as Thomas Railway Stories. The engine characters were almost all based upon real classes of locomotive, and some of the railways themselves were directly based upon real lines in the British Isles. The stories began Thomas Railway Storieswhen two-year-old Thomas Railway Stories Awdry had caught measles and was confined to a darkened room. His father would tell him stories and rhymes to cheer him up. One of Christopher's favourite rhymes was: [1]. Early in the morning, Down at the station, All the little engines Standing in a row. Along comes the driver, Pulls the little lever Puff, puff! Chuff, chuff! Off we go! The precise origins of this rhyme are unknown, but research by Thomas Railway Stories Sibley suggests that it originated at some point prior to the First World War. This told the story of Edward the Blue Enginean old engine who is allowed out of the shed for a day. Another story about Edward followed, which this time also featured a character called Gordon the Big Enginenamed after a child living on the same road who Christopher considered rather bossy. A third story had its origins in a limerick of which Christopher was fond, [3] and which Awdry used to introduce Thomas Railway Stories Sad Story of Henry : [4]. Once, an engine attached to a train Was afraid of a few drops of rain It went into a tunnel, And squeaked through its funnel And never came out again. As with the previous rhyme, the origins of this are uncertain, but Awdry received a letter telling him that a similar poem had appeared in a book of children's rhymes, published in [3]. Once an engine when fixed to a train Was alarmed at a few drops of rain, So went "puff" from its funnel Then fled to a tunnel, And would not come out again. Encouraged by Margaret, his wife, Awdry submitted the three stories to Edmund Ward for publication in The head of the children's books division requested a fourth story to bring the three engines together and redeem Henry, who had been bricked up in a tunnel in the previous story. Although Wilbert had not intended that the three engines live on the same railway, he complied with the request in the story Edward, Gordon and Henry. The four stories were published in as a single volume, The Three Railway Enginesillustrated by William Middleton. Christmas saw the genesis of the character that grew to become the most famous fictional locomotive in the world. Awdry constructed a toy tank engine for Christopher, which gained the name Thomas. Stories about Thomas were requested by Christopher, and saw the publication of Thomas the Tank Engine. This was illustrated by Reginald Payne, whom Wilbert felt to be a Thomas Railway Stories improvement over Middleton. Like its predecessor, this book was a success and Awdry was asked Thomas Railway Stories write stories about Jamesa character who first appeared in Thomas and the Breakdown Trainthe final story in Thomas the Tank Engine. The book James the Red Engine appeared inthe year in which the railways in Britain were nationalisedand from this point onwards the Fat Director was known by his familiar title of Thomas Railway Stories Fat Controller. James the Red Engine was notable as the first book to be illustrated by C. Reginald Dalbyperhaps the most famous Thomas Railway Stories the Railway Series artists, and certainly the most controversial due to the criticism later aimed at him by Awdry. In making the stories as real as possible, Awdry took a lot of inspiration from a number of sources in his extensive library, and found the Railway Gazette ' s "Scrapheap" column particularly useful as a source of unusual railway incidents that were recreated for The Railway Series characters. Awdry continued working on The Railway Series untilwhen Tramway Engines book 26 in the series was published. However, he had been finding it increasingly difficult to come up with ideas for new stories, and after this he felt that "the well had run dry" and so decided that the time had come to retire. He wrote no further Railway Series volumes, but later wrote a spin-off story for the television series Thomas's Christmas Party and expanded versions of some of his earlier Thomas Railway Stories, as well as writing The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways. In addition, he wrote a number of short stories and articles for Thomas the Tank Engine Annuals. Anthropomorphization of locomotives has a literary tradition extending back at least as far as the writings of Rudyard Kipling in his story ". Christopher Awdry, for whom the stories were first devised, continued writing the stories almost by accident. He was a keen railway enthusiast like his father, and it was on a visit to the that he received the inspiration for his first story. A railwayman's account of a locomotive running out of steam short of its destination became Triple Headera story in which ThomasPercy and Duck take on Gordon's Express but find it more than they can handle. Christopher devised three other stories, Stop Thief! He showed them to his father, who suggested that he submit them for publication, with his blessing. At the time, work on the television adaptation was underway, and so Kaye and Ward then publishers of the series Thomas Railway Stories willing to revive The Railway Series. The book Really Useful Engines was published in By coincidence, W. Awdry had considered this as a title for his own 27th volume before abandoning the project. Thirteen more books followed, including the series' 50th anniversary volume, Thomas and the Fat Thomas Railway Stories Engines. However, Christopher Awdry Thomas Railway Stories himself increasingly coming into conflict with his publishers, which ironically arose through the success of the television series. The television series had made Thomas its central character, and therefore the most well-known of the engines. Consequently, the publishers were increasingly demanding stories that would Thomas Railway Stories on Thomas at the expense of other characters. As a compromise, volumes appeared that were named after Thomas but did not actually focus Thomas Railway Stories him. The series' 40th volume, Thomas Railway Stories Little Engineappeared in The then-publisher, Egmontexpressed no further Thomas Railway Stories in publishing new Railway Series books and allowed the existing back catalogue to go out of print. Despite this, in Christopher's own publishing company, Sodor Enterprises, published a book entitled Sodor: Reading Between the Lines. This volume expanded the fictional world of Sodor up to the present day and dealt with many of the factual aspects of the series. With this publishing company he also wrote several railway-based children's books, most of which were set on real railways in Britain. He continues to promote the original stories and to participate in Railway Series-related events. Inthe publishers reviewed their policy and started to re-introduce the books in their original format. After many years of being unavailable, the fourteen books written by Christopher were Thomas Railway Stories re-released, early in August On 3 SeptemberChristopher published a new book, Thomas and Victoriaextending the series to 41 volumes. It is illustrated by . The book addresses issues relating to Thomas Railway Stories railway preservation movement. For many years, many of the books in The Thomas Railway Stories Series were unavailable to buy in their original format, and the publishers would not publish any new stories. There was a selected print run in consisting of just the original 26 books, but bythe sixtieth anniversary, there was still disappointment from the Awdry family that all of the stories were not being published in their original Thomas Railway Stories. An omnibus edition of Christopher Awdry's books including book 41, The New Collectionwas released at the same time. The final story ended with the words "The End". Christopher Awdry said that he had other material, which he hoped would be published. He narrated new stories about the narrow gauge engines on 'Duncan Days' at the Railway in , but there is no indication that these will be published. The Railway Series is perhaps as highly regarded for its illustrations as for its writing, which in the immediate post-Second World War era were seen as uniquely vivid and colourful. Indeed, some critics notably Thomas Railway Stories Kington have claimed that the quality of the illustrations outshines that Thomas Railway Stories the writing. The first edition of The Three Railway Engines was illustrated by the artist William Middleton, with whom Awdry was deeply dissatisfied. The second artist to Thomas Railway Stories on the series was Reginald Payne, who illustrated Thomas the Tank Engine in a far more realistic style. Despite an early disagreement Thomas Railway Stories to how Thomas should look, Awdry was ultimately pleased with the pictures produced. Payne proved impossible to contact to illustrate James the Red Engine — he had suffered from a nervous breakdown — and so C. Reginald Dalby was hired. Dalby also illustrated the next eight books in the series. The Three Railway Engines was reprinted with Dalby's artwork replacing William Middleton's and Dalby also touched up Payne's artwork in the second book. Dalby's work on the series proved popular with readers, but not with the author, who repeatedly clashed with him over issues of accuracy and consistency. Dalby resigned from the series infollowing an argument over the portrayal of Percy the Small Engine in the book of the same name. Despite the tempestuous relationship with Awdry, Dalby is probably the best remembered of the series' artists. Kenney took Thomas Railway Stories the illustration of the series. His style was less colourful but more realistic than Dalby's. Kenney made use of Awdry's model engines as Thomas Railway Stories reference. As a result of his commitment to realism and technical accuracy, he enjoyed a far more comfortable working relationship with Awdry, which lasted until Gallant Old Enginewhen Kenney's eyesight began to fail him. The artist initially chosen to replace him was the Swedish artist Gunvor Edwards. She began illustrating Stepney the "Bluebell" Enginebut felt unsuited to the work. She was Thomas Railway Stories for that volume by her husband Peter, who effectively Thomas Railway Stories over from then on. Both artists retained credit for the work, and the "Edwards era" lasted until 's last volume, Tramway Engines. The style used in these volumes was still essentially Thomas Railway Stories, but had something of an impressionistic feel. When Christopher Awdry took over as author of the series inthe publisher was keen to find an illustrator who would provide work that had the gem-like appeal of Dalby's pictures, but also had the realism of Kenney and Edwards' artwork. Thomas Railway Stories artist chosen was Clive Spong. He illustrated all of Christopher Awdry's books, a greater number than any other artist working on The Railway Thomas Railway Stories. He also produced illustrations for a number of spin-off stories written by the Awdrys, and his artwork was used in The Island Thomas Railway Stories Sodor: Its People, History and Railways. The books were produced in an unusual landscape format. Each one was around 60 pages long, 30 of which would be text and 30 illustrations. The books were each divided into four stories with the exception of Henry the Green Enginewhich was divided into five. 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The stories featured in some books were loose adaptations of original Railway Series stories by the Rev. Awdry and Christopher Awdryas well as adaptations of television series episodes. A few Thomas Railway Stories the books also adapted Railway Series stories that were skipped in the television series. The books were illustrated by Robin Davies and Jerry Smith. The series ended in after a decrease in sales. It was replaced by the Thomas Story Time series in Insome of the books were re-released with different titles. Inthe series was relaunched again under the title Engine Adventures. A special edition of the series which allows parents of Thomas fans to have their child written into a story as a character, who has Thomas Railway Stories special birthday trip with Thomas. A Christmas themed variant of the above, plus the option to add a Thomas Railway Stories of the participating child. This series re-uses illustrations from the Story Library with some modifications, while the text is a rhyming verse about the featured character rather than a story. Insix of the reintroduced Story Library books were released Thomas Railway Stories website-exclusive products and each sold with a Wooden Railway engine for which the book was Thomas Railway Stories after. This wiki. This wiki All wikis. Sign In Don't have an account? Start a Wiki. Main Page. Categories :. Universal Conquest Wiki.