The Railway Series: The Three Railway Engines

More about the book

This very first book about the now famous engines was originally published in 1945. Written by Awdry in 1943 to entertain his son, Christopher, who was suffering from measles at the time, this was the first book in what was to become The Railway Series. Here are the original four stories about kind, hard-working Edward, proud Gordon, and fussy Henry. Watchful readers will recognize a very popular little blue engine hiding in one of the pictures … waiting for his own book.