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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
- The Three Railway Engines (1945)
- Edward's Day Out
- Edward and Gordon
- The Sad Story of Henry
- Edward, Gordon and Henry
- Thomas the Tank Engine (1946)
- Thomas and Gordon
- Thomas' Train
- Thomas and the Trucks
- Thomas and the Breakdown Train
- James the Red Engine (1948)
- James and the Top-Hat
- James and the Bootlace
- Troublesome Trucks
- James and the Express
- Tank Engine Thomas Again (1949)
- Thomas and the Guard
- Thomas Goes Fishing
- Thomas, Terence and the Snow
- Thomas and Bertie
- Troublesome Engines (1950)
- Henry and the Elephant
- Tenders and Turntables
- Trouble in the Shed
- Percy Runs Away
- Henry the Green Engine (1951)
- Coal
- The Flying Kipper
- Gordon's Whistle
- Percy and the Trouser
- Henry's Sneeze
- Toby the Tram Engine (1952)
- Toby and the Stout Gentleman
- Thomas in Trouble
- Dirty Objects
- Mrs. Kyndley's Christmas
- Gordon the Big Engine (1953)
- Off the Rails
- Leaves
- Down the Mine
- Paint Pots and Queens
- Edward the Blue Engine (1954)
- Cows
- Bertie's Chase
- Saved from Scrap
- Old Iron
- Four Little Engines (1955)
- Skarloey Remembers
- Sir Handel
- Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady
- Old Faithful
- Percy the Small Engine (1956)
- Percy and the Signal
- Duck Takes Charge
- Percy and Harold
- Percy's Promise
- The Eight Famous Engines (1957)
- Percy Takes the Plunge
- Gordon Goes Foreign
- Double Header
- The Fat Controller's Engines
- Duck and the Diesel Engine (1958)
- Domeless Engines
- Pop Goes the Diesel
- Dirty Work
- A Close Shave
- The Little Old Engine (1959)
- Trucks!
- Home at Last
- Rock 'n' Roll
- Little Old Twins
- The Twin Engines (1960)
- "Hullo Twins!"
- The Missing Coach
- Break Van
- The Deputation
- Branch Line Engines (1961)
- Thomas Comes to Breakfast
- Daisy
- Bulls Eyes
- Percy's Predicament
- Gallant Old Engine (1962)
- Special Funnel
- Steam Roller
- Passengers and Polish
- Gallant Old Engine
- Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine (1963)
- Bluebells of England
- Stepney's Special
- Train Stops Play
- Bowled Out
- Mountain Engines (1964)
- Mountain Engine
- Bad Look-Out
- Danger Points
- "Devil's Back"
- Very Old Engines (1965)
- Crosspatch
- Bucking Bronco
- Stick-in-the-Mud
- Duck and Dukes
- Main Line Engines (1966)
- The Diseasel
- Buzz Buzz
- Wrong Road
- Edward's Exploit
- Small Railway Engines (1967)
- Ballast
- Tit for Tat
- Mike's Whistle
- Useful Railway
- Enterprising Engines (1968)
- Tenders for Henry
- Super Rescue
- Escape
- Little Western
- Oliver the Western Engine (1969)
- Donald's Duck
- Resource and Sagacity
- Toad Stands By
- Bulgy
- Duke the Lost Engine (1970)
- Granpuff
- Bulldog
- You Can't Win!
- Sleeping Beauty
- Tramway Engines (1972)
- Ghost Train
- Woolly Bear
- Mavis
- Toby's Tightrope
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.
In Other Languages
Language | Title |
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Japanese | 汽車のえほんコレクション |