#THOMAS RAILWAY SERIES COLLECTION SERIES#

One of Christopher's favourite rhymes was: His father told him stories and rhymes to cheer him up. The stories began in 1942, when Christopher Awdry, at the age of two, had measles and was confined to a darkened room.

#THOMAS RAILWAY SERIES COLLECTION SERIES#

The engine characters were mostly based upon real classes of locomotive, and some of the railways themselves were based upon real lines in the British Isles.Īudio adaptations of The Railway Series have been recorded at various times under the title The Railway Stories. As a lifelong railway enthusiast, Awdry was keen that his stories should be as realistic as possible. Nearly all of The Railway Series stories were based on real-life events. The children's television series originated as adaptations of these stories. Thomas became the most popular and famous character in the series and the titular character of the television series Thomas & Friends from 1984 to 2021. The series features many anthropomorphic vehicles, including Thomas the Tank Engine. Sixteen more were written by his son, Christopher Awdry, between September 1983 and July 2011. Twenty-six books were written by Awdry, the final one being written in October 1972. There are 42 books in the series, the first published in May 1945 by the Rev. Hector was the only model series exclusive character to be released in this range.The Railway Series is a series of British books about a railway known as the North Western Railway, located on the fictional Island of Sodor.The first 4 have one way magnets, while Whiff has the original two-way magnets. The engines released were Thomas, Percy, Victor, Dart, and Whiff. In 2017, there were a set of 5 engines under the Collectible Railway name released in Canada, but they were Take-n-Play versions.In 2018, Whiff was smaller and sold as a small engines, like his Adventures. In 2015-2017, Whiff was bigger and was sold as a larger engines, like his TrackMaster Push Along version.The prototypes for Spencer and Hiro have painted leading and trailing wheels.Diesel 10's bufferbeams are completely grey, much like the Adventures release of Toby.Toby has a red bufferbeam, but the buffers themselves are unpainted.Belle's prototype model has blue buffers.

The 'Stanley in Space' model was based on the YouTube video 'A Toy Train In Space'.

Some of the rolling stock has been released in multiple different colours.Like his 2014 Take-n-Play model, Kevin has rail wheels.For promotion, in India, the toys are sold with DVDs of Thomas and Friends Movies: Sets - Blue Mountain Mystery and Engines - King of the Railway.Edward and Henry are incorrectly depicted as 2-6-0 engines, Gordon is depicted as a 0-6-2, and Hiro, Spencer, Belle, Connor, Caitlin and Mike are given a 2-6-2 wheel arrangement.Ferdinand, Henry and the prototypes of Emily, Hiro and Spencer are incorrectly depicted with Fowler tenders.Characters that were already released in Adventures that were Oliver, Harvey, Stephen, Ryan, Merlin, Nia, Hong-Mei, Den, Dart, Philip, Hugo and Ace were never released in Collectible Railway.These designs would later be re-used for the Adventures range on a global scale.

The engine models are modified from the Take-n-Play range, with hook-and-loop couplers, similar to the ERTL range, but they rotate 360 degrees.

Friends Around the World (Includes Thomas, Percy, Hiro, Ashima, Axel, Raul, Gina, Yong Bao, Ivan, and Victor).

Search and Rescue (Includes Percy, red truck with blue barrel, Harold and Butch).

Jack And The Pack (Includes Jack, Oliver the Excavator, Max and Monty.

Percy's Mail Delivery (Includes Percy, Charlie, a mail coach and a red truck with mailbags).

Steamworks Repair ( Includes Thomas, Victor, Kevin and an orange truck with boiler).

Thomas Classics (Includes Thomas, Annie, Clarabel and a blue coal truck).

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