The railway series is a series of childrens books about the railways of the fictional island of sodor. Ive taken inspiration for this series from various thomas the tank engine stories on the internet including the extended railway series and the railroad stories. Christopher, who was suffering from measles at the time, this was the first book in what was to become the railway series. A further sixteen books were written by his son christopher awdry. He wrote no further railway series volumes, but later wrote a spinoff story for the television series thomas christmas party and expanded versions of some of. It was through sodor enterprises in 2005 60th anniversary of the railway series that he was able to write sodor. And they love him, despite the fact that his stories are the crazed. The very first book in the railway series includes the sad story of henry. The railway series thomas the tank engine wikia fandom. The tyrannical world of thomas the tank engine sarah ditum. The ers library can be found by clicking here, or from the home page in the extended railway series v2 section. Various videos of the extended railway series from sodor island forums. Here are the extended railway stories from sodor island proboards.
New recordings were made for six further books from the railway series, starting with. For any fiction thats not thomas related, whether it be a railway related series or an. Join the extended railway series on the gravy train, a series of luxury. It was therefore a natural progression to extend the series on this label. The extended railway series was created in 2003 as a homage to the work of the rev. What you are about to see here is only the plot of various stories. The first extended railway series book evan the private engine has debuted on soundcloud as an audio book. No need to keep within continuity of others and no need for approval from evaluators here, your own creative genius can run wild.
None of what we did was playing up to the camera, it was all very real stuff. The book tells the stories of kind edward, pompous gordon and foolish henry. Your own railway series style stories the new sodor. A list of the railway series books by both the rev. Extended railway series promo by 01salty on deviantart. Nevertheless, he always gets his comeuppance and is taken down a peg or two. Staff team, the extended railway series staff, sifansite web team, sifivision archive. The final book in the series, thomas and his friends, was published in 2011. Feel free to head on over to the thread, have a read and post your. Ryan, ci, jim, chris, old square wheels, ajani, sean, charlie, skarlouie, nicholas.
Nero is one of the little engines that work on the norramby miniature. Being the strongest engine on the line, he tends to be arrogant and boastful. The extended railway series is a homage to the rev w. David palmers illustrations replicated the engines we saw on television perfectly, and christopher awdrys new stories each year were geared. The british railway stories ltd 16062018 updates in progress. Post your own railway series style books and stories here. In some cases, these stories expanded upon earlier railway series books and in others they were entirely new.
Also throughout this time, willie rushton continued to read the railway stories aloud for audio cassette, the final edition of the railway stories audio books being released in 1984. Reading between the lines, a follow up to the island of sodor, in which he chronicled the inspiration behind most of the forty railway series books, stories and characters, as well as shedding light on his own thoughts about the situation with thomas and the lack of awdry family. Since its creation, it has become a timehonoured institute on the sodor island forums, and currently has extended the original railway series to volume 220 as of the three. Since its creation, it has become a timehonoured institute on the sodor. The characters sodor castle and brad used with permission from the creators of the extended railway series of sif. Even if some arent really important to the story examples are millie, connor, and caitlins appearance in. The extended railway series thomas and friends wiki. Pip is a stem ambassador and engineer and a lovely individual. A history of the railway series sodor island fansite.
Awdry and his son christopher awdry, and picks up the railway series after volume 41 thomas and victoria, which was published in 2007. The youtube home of sodor island forums extended railway series, showcasing narratives, full length adaptations, model railway videos and trainz films wit. The fourth book tells of thomas adventures on his new branch line. The extended railway series annual 20 the sif blog. For the most part, the joke was wellreceived, however, there were those who felt.