Tramway Engines

Railway Series #26

by W. Awdry

Revd Awdry's final book in the railway series before his son Christopher took over. The stories concern Thomas's branch line and the book introduces Mavis, the diesel working in the quarry (and shown on the original cover). Ghost Train, Woolly Bear, Mavis, Toby's Tightrope

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Picture Books, Trains

62 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Lynn Maitlen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent set of short stories.

I do not have any copies of his son’s works, so I guess I’ll end this series of reviews for now! I grew to like Mavis a bit I guess, and most of the stories were good. It’s not one of my favorites, but eh.

I enjoyed this series as a whole. Awdry put a lot of work and effort into these books, while seemingly still doing them for his son at the end of the day! Loved a lot of the artwork and most of the stories. I’ll gladly be picking some of these up again sometime.

[Meowcats TV · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing illustrations. Duke the Lost Engine definitely would have been a better finale but the stories in this are still good.