Duke the Lost Engine

"Engines come and engines go; Granpuff 'goes on' forever!" "You impertinent scallywags! Whatever are young engines coming to nowadays?" "Never mind, Granpuff. We're only young once." "Well, you'd better mind! Unless you want to end up like No. 2..."

- Falcon, Stuart and Duke, Granpuff

Duke the Lost Engine is the twenty-fifth book of The Railway Series.

Foreword
Dear Friends, An engine lost in the South American jungle was found after 30 years. A tree had grown through its chimney and hornets nested in its firebox. When mended it gave good service for 30 more years.

"The Duke" was lost too; not in the jungle, but in his own shed which a landslide had buried. Not long ago he was dug out and mended. His own railway had been pulled up, so he is now at the Thin Controller's.

The Author

Granpuff
Duke, Falcon and Stuart are three engines who live on the Mid Sodor Railway. Named after His Grace the Duke of Sodor, Duke is wise, but Falcon and Stuart are young and cheeky and often make fun of "Granpuff", as they affectionately call him. This goes on until Duke tells them the story of a reckless engine named Stanley, otherwise known as No. 2, who was rough and often derailed and was punished by being turned into a pumping engine. The three have many adventures together until their line closes. Falcon and Stuart are purchased and in due course wind up on the Skarloey Railway, where they are painted red and re-named Sir Handel and Peter Sam respectively, but Duke is not wanted and is sheltered in the Arlesdale shed. Duke, unaware that His Grace was killed in the war and that the current Duke is only a child who does not know of his existence, goes to sleep...

Bulldog
In the old days of the Mid Sodor Railway, when Sir Handel was blue and named Falcon, the Manager arranged for him to double-head with Duke to learn the mountain road. Falcon ignores Duke's warnings and when they reach a sharp part of the line, he derails and hangs dangerously over the edge. Duke holds back but is in need of more water to build up more steam. With the help of the passengers gathering water from a cottage, he gathers enough strength to pull Falcon back. Falcon is grateful, but Duke is modest and says he only did what he did because he did not want Falcon's paint spoilt if he rolled down the mountain.

You Can't Win
Duke is old and Stuart jokes he may have to be kept in order. Duke merely laughs, but later his valves begin leaking and Falcon and Stuart come to the rescue. The cavalcade split up at Marthwaite, as Falcon takes Duke's passengers to catch their boat at Arlesburgh, while Stuart takes Falcon's train with Duke coupled in front. Duke and his driver, hearing Stuart's triumphant chortles, make a plan, and on the last hill, Duke gives a great effort. At Arlesdale, a boy inquires as to why there were two engines, to which his father replies Stuart needed assistance, and so Duke came to help.

Sleeping Beauty
His Grace finally learns of Duke from the engines and staff of the Skarloey Railway, and he in turn informs the Small Controller, whose railway is built on remnants from the Mid Sodor Railway. The Small Controller organises a search party, consisting of himself and both the Thin and Fat Clergymen, and they enlist Rex, Bert and Mike to help them find Duke, promising to include them in the book if they are well-behaved. After a long, initially fruitless search, the Fat Clergyman crashes into Duke's shed, landing on his boiler. Duke is apprehensive, but cheers up when he told that the Duke is being brought to meet him. Duke, to his dismay, is sent to Arlesburgh by lorry, but is happier to discover he is still popular, and Donald carries him to the Skarloey Railway on a flatbed, where he is greeted by a large crowd of admirers. Sir Handel and Peter Sam find him beside the shed and tease him by saying they can now keep him in order. Duke plays along and falls asleep happily in the sunshine.

Granpuff

 * Duke
 * Falcon/Sir Handel
 * Stuart/Peter Sam
 * Stanley
 * Skarloey
 * Rheneas
 * The Dukes of Sodor

Bulldog

 * Skarloey
 * Falcon/Sir Handel
 * Stuart/Peter Sam
 * Duncan
 * Duke
 * The Mid Sodor Railway Manager
 * Rheneas
 * Duck
 * The Dukes

You Can't Win

 * Falcon
 * Stuart
 * Duke
 * The Boy with His Father

Sleeping Beauty

 * Sir Handel
 * Peter Sam
 * Duke
 * Mike
 * Rex
 * Bert
 * Fergus Duncan
 * The Thin Clergyman
 * The Fat Clergyman
 * Richard Robert Norramby
 * Donald
 * Mr. Peter Sam
 * Mr. Ivo Hugh
 * Sir Handel Brown II
 * Duck
 * Douglas
 * Oliver
 * Skarloey
 * Rheneas

Locations

 * Island of Sodor
 * Arlesdale
 * Arlesdale Sheds
 * Arlesdale Green
 * Arlesburgh West
 * Arlesburgh West Shed
 * Arlesburgh Shed
 * Arlesburgh Harbour
 * Marthwaite
 * Skarloey Engine Sheds
 * River Arle
 * The Mountain Road
 * Ulfstead Road
 * Arlesburgh Bridge Street
 * Chibbyr Ulf
 * Ffarquhar Road
 * Ulfstead
 * United States
 * Amazon Rainforest

Trivia

 * Stanley is only referred to as 'No. 2' in Granpuff.
 * The story of Stanley converted into a pumping engine comes from the real-life event when Ffestiniog locomotive Palmerston was spared as a stationary boiler up until 1993.
 * Bulldog is based on what happened on the Ffestiniog Railway when Duke's counterpart Prince double-headed with an 0-4-0 tank engine (now a 2-4-0 tender engine) named Linda who derailed at what is now known as Linda's Leap.
 * Sleeping Beauty is based on a true story about the locomotive Coronel Church discovered in the Amazon Rainforest, where it had been left abandoned for 30 years.
 * The last illustration of Granpuff is identical to the one C. Reginald Dalby drew for the first illustration of Sir Handel in Four Little Engines.
 * The map held by the Fat Clergyman in the first illustration of Sleeping Beauty appears to be based on the map of Sodor drawn by John T. Kenney in 1958.
 * The title of Bulldog is a reference to the symbolic animal of the United Kingdom.
 * In Bulldog, the sequence of the passengers creating a chain from the cottage to Duke to give him water was based on an event which occurred on the Talyllyn Railway.
 * The events of "Granpuff" take place in 1928 and 1947 (the final illustration takes place in 1952). The events of Bulldog take place in 1904 (there is an error here, as Stanley is pictured in the shed, but was not built until World War I and acquired by the MSR after the war). The events of You Can't Win! take place in the late 1920s. The present-day events (the beginning of Bulldog and all of Sleeping Beauty) take place in 1969.
 * In the second story Bulldog, the quote 'Stood firm like a bulldog and wouldn't let go' comes from the stereotype of the type of dogs called bull breeds in which they are said to not let go of something they bite.
 * Duke's nickname "Granpuff" was the endearment given to Rev. W. Awdry by his grandchildren because the smoke from his pipe looked similar to a steam engine.
 * The last story's name, Sleeping Beauty, is most likely named after the Fairy Tale of the same name.
 * Also, the second to last illustration is based on a photograph of Ffestiniog Railway's newly-purchased Linda being loaded onto a well-wagon at Port Penrhyn in July 1962.
 * A copy of this book appeared in the BBC's Great Railway Journeys of the World's "Confessions of a Train Spotter".
 * The rescue of the Cadeby Light Railway's Pixie by Teddy Boston inspired the story of Duke's rediscovery in Sleeping Beauty.
 * According to an article in the 2nd May, 1970 Evening Post, the book was originally planned to be released in September.

Goofs

 * While puffing through the tunnel, Falcon gains a headlamp.
 * In the first three illustrations of Granpuff, Duke's footplate is curved, however, through the rest of the book, it is straight.
 * The text from You Can't Win! says that Duke "puffed and roared as though the whole train's weight was on his buffers", but Duke has no buffers.
 * In the second illustration of Bulldog, Stanley can be seen in the back of the shed, despite the fact that he was said to have come to the railway before Falcon and that Falcon did not know him beforehand, creating a continuity error. Furthermore, the story takes place in 1904, before Stanley's basis was built.
 * In the first illustration of Sleeping Beauty, the map on the wall spells Ulfstead as Ulfsted.
 * In the third illustration of Granpuff, Duke's face is slanted sideways.
 * In the fourth illustration of Bulldog, Falcon's nameplate reads Falon.
 * In the third illustration of Bulldog, Duke's tender is missing the Mid-Sodor Railway crest.
 * Throughout most of You Can't Win, Duke's footplate is straight, but in the last illustration, it dips in the front and rear.
 * Throughout all of Bulldog, Falcon has trailing wheels, which he doesn't get until his rebuild in 1910.
 * In the first illustration of Bulldog and the final illustration of Sleeping Beauty, Skarloey's shed is depicted with open sides, contrary to the description in The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways which states that it was given a proper wall in 1961.

Quotes
"Engines come and engines go; Granpuff 'goes on' for ever!""

- Falcon and Stuart

"Excuse me, are you a Vandal? Driver told me Vandals break in and smash things."

- Duke

"Listen, Bud, in the States we don't care a dime for a few spills!"

- Stanley

In Other Languages
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