The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry

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The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry is a classic collection of British children's books about anthropomorphic railway engines and their adventures on the fictional Island of Sodor.

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instanceOf British book series
children's book series
author Christopher Awdry
Wilbert Vere Awdry
continuedBy Christopher Awdry
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
createdBy Wilbert Vere Awdry
features anthropomorphic diesel locomotives
anthropomorphic railway vehicles
anthropomorphic steam locomotives
fictionalLocation North Western Railway
firstBook The Three Railway Engines
firstPublicationYear 1945
genre children's literature
railway fiction
hasIllustrator C. Reginald Dalby
Clive Spong
Gunvor Edwards
John T. Kenney
Peter Edwards
Reginald Payne
William Middleton
hasMainCharacter Edward the Blue Engine
Gordon the Big Engine
Henry the Green Engine
James the Red Engine
Percy the Small Engine
Sir Topham Hatt
The Fat Controller
Thomas the Tank Engine
Toby the Tram Engine
hasSpinOff Thomas & Friends
hasTheme friendship
railway operations realism
responsibility
inspired Thomas & Friends
language English
lastPublicationYear 2011
mainSetting Island of Sodor
mediaType print
notableBook Enterprising Engines
Henry the Green Engine
James the Red Engine
Tank Engine Thomas Again
numberOfBooks 42
publisher Edmund Ward
Egmont Books
Heinemann publishing group
surface form: Heinemann

Kaye & Ward
secondBook Thomas the Tank Engine
setIn mid-20th century
targetAudience children

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Talyllyn Railway inspired The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry
Mattel Films basedOnWorks The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry
this entity surface form: Thomas & Friends brand
Skarloey Railway appearsIn The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry
this entity surface form: The Railway Series