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Books[]
Rev W. Awdry[]
The Three Railway Engines (1945)
Thomas the Tank Engine (1946)
James the Red Engine (1948)
Tank Engine Thomas Again (1949)
Troublesome Engines (1950)
Henry the Green Engine (1951)
Toby the Tram Engine (1952)
Gordon the Big Engine (1953)
Edward the Blue Engine (1954)
Percy the Small Engine (1956)
The Eight Famous Engines (1957)
Duck and the Diesel Engine (1958)
The Little Old Engine (1959)
The Twin Engines (1960)
Branch Line Engines (1961)
Gallant Old Engine (1962)
Mountain Engines (1964)
Very Old Engines (1965)
Main Line Engines (1966)
Small Railway Engines (1967)
Enterprising Engines (1968)
Oliver the Western Engine (1969)
Duke the Lost Engine (1970)
Tramway Engines (1972)
Christopher Awdry[]
Really Useful Engines (1983)
James and the Diesel Engines (1984)
Great Little Engines (1985)
Gordon the High-Speed Engine (1987)
Toby, Trucks and Trouble (1988)
Thomas and the Twins (1989)
Jock the New Engine (1990)
Thomas Comes Home (1992)
Henry and the Express (1993)
Wilbert the Forest Engine (1994)
New Little Engine (1996)
Thomas and Victoria (2007)
Thomas and his Friends (2011)
Other Books[]
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Thomas's Christmas Party (1984)
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Thomas Comes to Breakfast (1985)
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Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree (1986)
Thomas and the Evil Diesel (1987)
Thomas and Gordon Off the Rails (1990)
Thomas and the Hurricane (1992)
Complete Collection Books[]
The Complete Collection (1995)
The Complete Collection (2005)
The Complete Collection (Published by Egmont)
The Complete Collection (2014)
The Complete Collection (2019)
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The Complete Collection Japanese cover
Boxsets[]
The Classic Library Station Box
The Centenary Library
The Complete Library (2014)
Japanese Collection Boxset
Book Stand
Thomas the Tank Engine Anniversary Editions[]
60th Anniversary edition
65th Anniversary edition
70th Anniversary edition
Anniversary Logos[]
45th NRM poster
60th Anniversary logo
65th Anniversary logo
65th Anniversary logo Prototype
70th Anniversary logo
70th Anniversary Japanese logo
75th Anniversary logo
75th Anniversary Japanese logo
The Endpaper illustrations[]
by John T. Kenney
by Clive Spong
Japanese endpaper illustration 1974 - 2000 (Note: Artwork from the Surprise Packet)
Advertisements in Illustrations[]
Now in Stock: James the Red Engine and Grand News: All About Thomas the Famous Tank Engine in Thomas and the Guard
A must read: “The Three Railway Engines” and Read About: “James the Red Engine” in Coal
Behind the Scenes[]
Real-life Basis[]
Tenders and Turntables Basis.
The basis for the near hit in Percy Runs Away.
Great Western 4866, the locomotive that inspired Percy's mishap in "Percy Runs Away".
The Flying Kipper basis.
1952 derailing and Off the Rails Basis.
Down the Mine's crash basis.
Cows Basis 1.
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Old Iron Basis 1.
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Sir Handel's derailing was patterned after the derailing habit of his basis, Sir Haydn.
The historical basis of Old Faithful
Percy and the Signal Basis.
The Basis For Percy and Harold.
The Newpaper article that also inspired "Percy's Promise".
The Basis For Percy Takes the Plunge.
K3 2-6-0 No. 61809, the engine that lost its dome.
LNER W1 Hush Hush, the real "Galloping Sausage".
LMS Jubilee Class No. 45730 Ocean after crashing into a Signal Box, which is the basis of Break Van.
The Basis For The Deputation.
Percy's Predicament Basis.
Coronel Church, the engine that inspired Duke's abandonment and rediscovery.
Tallyln's Sir Hayden (dressed up as Sir Handel) with a eye patch on his left eye.
Awdry's drawings[]
The Reverend's typewriter, which he used to write many of the Railway Series books and letters
Edward's Day Out manuscript
Awdry's original layout and sketch
Awdry's drawing of Henry in his tunnel
Awdry's drawing of Gordon and Henry
Awdry's drawing of Gordon and Edward
Awdry's drawing of Henry
Awdry's drawing of Thomas
Awdry's drawing of Gordon and Thomas
Awdry's drawing of Thomas in Vicarstown
Awdry's drawing of James
An early sketch map of Thomas' Branch Line
Painted illustrations on paper[]
The archives[]
Rosemary Debnam is in the archives
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The original illustrations for Thomas the Tank Engine
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Publisher's box of original correspondence with the Reverend W. Awdry
Promotion and Marketing[]
Reverend W. Awdry and C. Reginald Dalby with the first 10 books in the early 1950s
Wilbert with Annual 1980
Wilbert reading Thomas Comes to Breakfast
The cover of the Observer Magazine (22 July 1989) illustrated by Mick Brownfield
Wilbert with embroidery Thomas and the Trucks (1980s?)
Wilbert reading Thomas the Tank Engine (1981)
Christopher reading Toby the Tram Engine
Christopher signed his new book Wilbert the Forest Engine (1994)
Christopher reading Thomas and Victoria
Advertisement (1988)
70th Anniversary advert
The Very First Stories (2015)
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Royal Mail stamps
