With the popularity of the TV series took place a year later, the Railway Series were being sold everywhere and Christopher wrote more until 1996 with his final book ' New Little Engines'. Eleven years later, Christopher Awdry took the pen and released his first book ' Really Useful Engines' in 1983. The books have been going on and on, with many past artists and narrators (Johnny Morris and Willie Rushton) for the audio books until 1972 when Wilbert Awdry wrote his last book ' Tramway Engines'. The second book was produced a year later and it was entitled ' Thomas the Tank Engine' after Rev.W.Awdry made a wooden model of a little blue engine and called him Thomas. The first story was thought up by Wilbert Awdry in 1943 when his son, Christopher, was sick with measles and so his father was telling him a story about an engine who never got out of his shed and since Christopher asked the question, ' What's the engine's name daddy?' the name Edward came to mind and that is were the legacy of the Railway Series began. Originally, Wilbert Awdry wanted the book to focus on three different railways and wanted to end with Henry being bricked up in a tunnel, but the publishers at the time, Kaye and Ward, wanted a happy ending for Henry. The first book was called ' The Three Railway Engines' featuring three characters like Edward, Gordon and Henry. The Railway Series was first published in 1945 by the Rev.W.Awdry. For those people who are new to these books, here is a history lesson about them: The Railway Series have been growing strong since there re-publication in 2007, along with two new books written by Christopher Awdry in 20.
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