Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection

Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection is a compilation volume of the Rev. W. Awdry's Railway Series books. The book includes a foreword from the Rev. W. Awdry, plus an afterword by biographer Brian Sibley, along with biographies of the Rev. W. Awdry and the illustrators, and a map of Sodor by Peter Edwards in the endpapers.

Stories included

 * 1) The Three Railway Engines (1945)
 * 2) * Edward's Day Out
 * 3) * Edward and Gordon
 * 4) * The Sad Story of Henry
 * 5) * Edward, Gordon and Henry
 * 6) Thomas the Tank Engine (1946)
 * 7) * Thomas and Gordon
 * 8) * Thomas' Train
 * 9) * Thomas and the Trucks
 * 10) * Thomas and the Breakdown Train
 * 11) James the Red Engine (1948)
 * 12) * James and the Top-Hat
 * 13) * James and the Bootlace
 * 14) * Troublesome Trucks
 * 15) * James and the Express
 * 16) Tank Engine Thomas Again (1949)
 * 17) * Thomas and the Guard
 * 18) * Thomas Goes Fishing
 * 19) * Thomas, Terence and the Snow
 * 20) * Thomas and Bertie
 * 21) Troublesome Engines (1950)
 * 22) * Henry and the Elephant
 * 23) * Tenders and Turntables
 * 24) * Trouble in the Shed
 * 25) * Percy Runs Away
 * 26) Henry the Green Engine (1951)
 * 27) * Coal
 * 28) * The Flying Kipper
 * 29) * Gordon's Whistle
 * 30) * Percy and the Trouser
 * 31) * Henry's Sneeze
 * 32) Toby the Tram Engine (1952)
 * 33) * Toby and the Stout Gentleman
 * 34) * Thomas in Trouble
 * 35) * Dirty Objects
 * 36) * Mrs. Kyndley's Christmas
 * 37) Gordon the Big Engine (1953)
 * 38) * Off the Rails
 * 39) * Leaves
 * 40) * Down the Mine
 * 41) * Paint Pots and Queens
 * 42) Edward the Blue Engine (1954)
 * 43) * Cows
 * 44) * Bertie's Chase
 * 45) * Saved from Scrap
 * 46) * Old Iron
 * 47) Four Little Engines (1955)
 * 48) * Skarloey Remembers
 * 49) * Sir Handel
 * 50) * Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady
 * 51) * Old Faithful
 * 52) Percy the Small Engine (1956)
 * 53) * Percy and the Signal
 * 54) * Duck Takes Charge
 * 55) * Percy and Harold
 * 56) * Percy's Promise
 * 57) The Eight Famous Engines (1957)
 * 58) * Percy Takes the Plunge
 * 59) * Gordon Goes Foreign
 * 60) * Double Header
 * 61) * The Fat Controller's Engines
 * 62) Duck and the Diesel Engine (1958)
 * 63) * Domeless Engines
 * 64) * Pop Goes the Diesel
 * 65) * Dirty Work
 * 66) * A Close Shave
 * 67) The Little Old Engine (1959)
 * 68) * Trucks!
 * 69) * Home at Last
 * 70) * Rock 'n' Roll
 * 71) * Little Old Twins
 * 72) The Twin Engines (1960)
 * 73) * "Hullo Twins!"
 * 74) * The Missing Coach
 * 75) * Break Van
 * 76) * The Deputation
 * 77) Branch Line Engines (1961)
 * 78) * Thomas Comes to Breakfast
 * 79) * Daisy
 * 80) * Bulls Eyes
 * 81) * Percy's Predicament
 * 82) Gallant Old Engine (book) (1962)
 * 83) * Special Funnel
 * 84) * Steam Roller
 * 85) * Passengers and Polish
 * 86) * Gallant Old Engine (story) ]]
 * 87) Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine (1963)
 * 88) * Bluebells of England
 * 89) * Stepney's Special]]
 * 90) * Train Stops Play
 * 91) * Bowled Out
 * 92) Mountain Engines (1964)
 * 93) * Mountain Engine
 * 94) * Bad Look-Out
 * 95) * Danger Points
 * 96) * "Devil's Back"
 * 97) Very Old Engines (1965)
 * 98) * Crosspatch
 * 99) * Bucking Bronco
 * 100) * Stick-in-the-Mud
 * 101) * Duck and Dukes
 * 102) Main Line Engines (1966)
 * 103) * The Diseasel
 * 104) * Buzz Buzz
 * 105) * Wrong Road
 * 106) * Edward's Exploit
 * 107) Small Railway Engines (1967)
 * 108) * Ballast
 * 109) * Tit for Tat
 * 110) * Mike's Whistle
 * 111) * Useful Railway
 * 112) Enterprising Engines (1968)
 * 113) * Tenders for Henry
 * 114) * Super Rescue
 * 115) * Escape
 * 116) * Little Western
 * 117) Oliver the Western Engine (1969)
 * 118) * Donald's Duck
 * 119) * Resource and Sagacity
 * 120) * Toad Stands By
 * 121) * Bulgy
 * 122) Duke the Lost Engine (1970)
 * 123) * Granpuff
 * 124) * Bulldog
 * 125) * You Can't Win!
 * 126) * Sleeping Beauty
 * 127) Tramway Engines (1972)
 * 128) * Ghost Train
 * 129) * Woolly Bear
 * 130) * Mavis
 * 131) * Toby's Tightrope

Characters introduced

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Terence
 * Bertie
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Henrietta
 * Trevor
 * Skarloey
 * Rheneas
 * Sir Handel
 * Peter Sam
 * Agnes, Ruth, Lucy, Jemima and Beatrice
 * Duck
 * Harold
 * Big City Engine
 * City of Truro
 * Diesel
 * Rusty
 * Duncan
 * Donald and Douglas
 * The Spiteful Brake Van
 * Daisy
 * George
 * Stepney
 * Caroline
 * Culdee
 * Ernest
 * Wilfred
 * Catherine
 * Godred
 * Patrick
 * Neil
 * Bill and Ben
 * BoCo
 * Bert
 * Rex
 * Mike
 * Flying Scotsman
 * Diesel 199
 * Bear
 * Oliver
 * Toad
 * Isabel and Dulcie
 * Alice and Mirabel
 * S.C. Ruffey
 * Bulgy
 * Duke
 * Mavis
 * Troublesome Trucks
 * Percy's Friends
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Sir Charles Topham Hatt II
 * The Little Boys
 * Jeremiah Jobling
 * The Inspector
 * The Thin Clergyman
 * Stephen Hatt
 * Bridget Hatt
 * The Ffarquhar Policeman
 * The Hatt's Butler
 * Mrs. Kyndley
 * Mr. Kyndley
 * Bert and Alf
 * Elizabeth II
 * The Painter
 * The Vicar of Wellsworth
 * Jem Cole
 * The Thin Controller
 * The Owner
 * Refreshment Lady
 * Harold's Pilots
 * The Vicar of Knapford
 * The New Signalman
 * The Barber
 * Mr. Hugh
 * The BBC Television Producers
 * The Ffarquhar Stationmaster's Wife
 * #The Dryaw Policeman|The Dryaw Policeman
 * The Crovans Gate Policeman
 * Nancy
 * The Elsbridge Cricket Club
 * The Inspector with the Bowler Hat
 * Walter Richards
 * The Rockclimbers
 * Mr. Bobbie
 * Richard Robert Norramby
 * Fred and Bert
 * The Enthusiasts
 * Fergus Duncan
 * The Fat Clergyman
 * Willie
 * The Goods Depot Foreman
 * The Mid Sodor Railway Manager
 * The Boy with His Father
 * Sam the Farmer
 * The Anopha Quarry Manager
 * Bluebell
 * Champion
 * Dilly
 * The Red Engines
 * 87546 and 98462
 * The Little Blue Tank Engine
 * Class 40
 * Stanley
 * The First Unknown Diesel
 * The Naughty Boys
 * Daisy's Fitter
 * Jinty and Pug
 * Ada, Jane and Mabel
 * Cora
 * Gertrude and Millicent
 * Talyllyn
 * Bluebell and Primrose
 * Adams
 * Cromford
 * Captain Baxter
 * The "Trucks"
 * Dolgoch
 * Workshop Engines
 * The Derailed Engine
 * Jinty and Pug's Companions
 * The Scrap Engines
 * D701
 * Class 52
 * D782
 * Willie's Tractor
 * The Lady with the Black Bonnet
 * The Lady With the Umbrella
 * The Elephant Keeper
 * The Fire Brigade
 * The Stone-dropping Boys
 * Lady Hatt
 * The Hatt's Nanny
 * The Doctor
 * Mrs. Last
 * The Railway Society
 * The Foreign Gentlemen
 * The Ffarquhar Stationmaster
 * Stepney's Controller
 * The Lady with the Floppy Green Hat
 * The Ffarquhar Stationmaster's children
 * The Green Bus
 * JTK 62
 * Alaric
 * Douglas (narrow gauge)
 * Sodor Railway Repair
 * Class 08
 * D5701
 * The Second Unknown Diesel
 * Fred Pelham
 * Farmer Finney
 * Godred MacHarold
 * Other Foreign Engines
 * The Dukes
 * Gordon's Brothers
 * Bulgy's Friend
 * Percy's Ghost Engine
 * Toby's Controller
 * The Careless Cleaner
 * The Important Visitor
 * Shane Dooiney
 * Eric
 * Flying Scotsman's Owner
 * Other Mid Sodor Railway Engines
 * John Arnold Norramby
 * Robert Charles Norramby
 * The Mainland Controller

Trivia

 * Despite its name, it does not contain all of the volumes of the Railway Series, as it is lacking Christopher Awdry's works. A sequel of sorts to this book was released in 2007, named Thomas the Tank Engine: The New Collection, and it contains all of Christopher Awdry's books, with the exeption of Thomas and his Friends due to the book not being published yet.
 * The 2005 edition features artwork print sheets by C. Reginald Dalby.
 * The 70th Anniversary edition was published on the same day from thirty years, after the television series had made its debut on UK televisions on 9 October 1984.
 * The Japanese version was published in commemoration of the 40th anniversary from the publication of the Railway Series in Japan.

Goofs

 * Reginald Payne is uncredited.
 * The endpaper features Bertie with a yellow face, Harold without rotors, Edward on top and bottom left side without his tender and Percy on the top and bottom right side without his face.
 * On the 1996 edition's dust cover, two illustrations from Gordon the Big Engine and Tank Engine Thomas Again appear twice.

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