Thomas the Tank Engine: The New Collection

Thomas the Tank Engine: The New Collection is a compilation of Christopher Awdry's books of the Railway Series, barring Thomas and his Friends. It also contains a foreword by Christopher Awdry, a brief character guide, and a story of how Wilbert Awdry "discovered" Sodor.

Stories included
 Really Useful Engines (1983)  James and the Diesel Engines (1984)  Great Little Engines (1985)  More About Thomas the Tank Engine (1986)  Gordon the High-Speed Engine (1987)  Toby, Trucks and Trouble (1988)  Thomas and the Twins (1989)  Jock the New Engine (1990)  Thomas and the Great Railway Show (1991) </li> Thomas Comes Home (book) (1992) </li> Henry and the Express (1993) </li> Wilbert the Forest Engine (1994) </li> Thomas and the Fat Controller's Engines (1995) </li> New Little Engine (1996) </li> Thomas and Victoria (2007) </li> </ol>
 * Stop Thief!
 * Mind that Bike
 * Fish
 * Triple Header
 * Old Stuck-Up
 * Crossed Lines
 * Fire Engine
 * Deep Freeze
 * Patience is a Virtue
 * Peter Sam and the Prickly Problem
 * Pop-Special
 * Sir Handel Comes Home
 * Thomas, Percy and the Coal
 * The Runaway
 * Better Late Than Never
 * Drip Tank
 * High-Speed Gordon
 * Smokescreen
 * Fire Escape
 * Gordon Proves His Point
 * Mavis and the Lorry
 * Toby's Seaside Holiday
 * Bulstrode
 * Toby Takes the Road
 * Scrambled Eggs
 * What a Picture!
 * Trevor Helps Out
 * Down the Drain
 * We Need Another Engine
 * Sticking Power
 * Jock
 * Teamwork
 * Museum-Piece
 * Not the Ticket
 * Trouble on the Line
 * Thomas and the Railtour
 * Snow Problem
 * Washout
 * Toby's Megatrain
 * Thomas Comes Home (story)
 * Out of Puff
 * Overhaul
 * Sliding Scales
 * Henry Sees Red
 * Percy's Porridge
 * Cab Over Wheels
 * Foaming at the Funnel
 * Wired-Up
 * Birdstrike
 * Edward and the Cabbages
 * Rabbits
 * Golden Jubilee
 * Speedkiller
 * Sir Handel's Plan
 * Dirty Water
 * I Name this Engine...
 * Overloaded
 * Avalanche
 * Eels on Wheels
 * Toby's Vintage Train

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Terence
 * Bertie
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Henrietta
 * Trevor
 * Skarloey
 * Rheneas
 * Sir Handel
 * Peter Sam
 * Duck
 * Harold
 * Rusty
 * Duncan
 * Donald and Douglas
 * Daisy
 * George
 * Bill and Ben
 * BoCo
 * Bert
 * Rex
 * Mike
 * Duke
 * Mavis
 * Troublesome Trucks
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * The Vicar of Wellsworth
 * The Thin Controller
 * Mr. Hugh
 * Fergus Duncan
 * Ffarquhar Quarry Manager
 * Agnes, Ruth, Lucy, Jemima and Beatrice
 * Gertrude and Millicent
 * Talyllyn
 * Bear
 * Oliver
 * The Little Boys
 * Farmer Finney
 * The Enthusiasts
 * Jem Cole
 * Minor Vehicle Characters
 * City of Truro
 * Stepney
 * Flying Scotsman
 * Gordon's Brothers
 * The Thin Clergyman
 * The Fire Brigade
 * The Stone-dropping Boys
 * Mrs. Kyndley
 * Mr. Kyndley
 * Elizabeth II
 * Refreshment Lady
 * The Fat Clergyman
 * Visiting Diesels
 * Diesel
 * Class 40
 * Diesel 199

Characters introduced

 * Old Stuck-Up
 * Emma
 * 1020
 * Bulstrode
 * Frank
 * Jock
 * Green Arrow
 * Iron Duke
 * Mallard
 * Wilbert
 * Sixteen
 * Victoria
 * Tom Tipper
 * The Dairy Farmer
 * Ivan Farrier
 * The Frightened Child and his Mother
 * Prince Charles
 * Kathy and Lizzie
 * Sixteen's Friends
 * The Works Diesel
 * 31120
 * Pip
 * Toby's Brothers
 * Class 08
 * Stephenson's Rocket
 * Ivo Hugh
 * Albert
 * Helena
 * The Thieves
 * The Boy Scouts
 * The Smokescreen Wedding Guests
 * The Traffic Warden
 * 10751
 * Duchess of Hamilton
 * 8783
 * Murphy
 * King James I
 * The Highland Engines
 * Boxhill
 * George's Friends
 * The Austerity Engine
 * Bahamas
 * Fred

Trivia

 * Some of the stories have been slightly rewritten.
 * The final book of The Railway Series, Thomas and his Friends, was not included in this book as it was published 4 years later.

Goofs

 * Percy is incorrectly referred to as the youngest of the major characters in the Railway Series, when there are multiple engines that are younger than him, including diesel engines.
 * Edward is stated to be the oldest engine on the Fat Controller's railway, whereas Bloomer is actually the oldest known engine on the railway.
 * In the Skarloey Railway section of the character section, a photo of Skarloey is replaced with a photo of Rheneas, and a photo of Rheneas is replaced with a photo of Duncan. The same section has no bio for Duke.
 * There is no character section for the Arlesdale Railway engines.
 * There is no character description for Bertie in the Off the Tracks section in Meet the Engines.