The Three Railway Engines

The Railway Series #1

by

Hardcover, 62 pages

English language

Published Jan. 1, 1985 by Kaye & Ward Ltd.

ISBN:
9780718200008
OCLC Number:
1322087910
ASIN:
0718200004
Goodreads:
4605071

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2 stars (1 review)

The three Engines all lived in the same shed and worked on the same railway. The author has told of their adventures in four amusing short stories showing how they quarrelled and eventually became good friends again.

11 editions

reviewed The Three Railway Engines by Reverend W. Awdry

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2 stars

  • feels outdated + irrelevant
  • unlikeable characters. example: Edward scares others for fun
  • there was a chapter where the characters locked up a train (Henry) because he refused to leave a tunnel (and disliked the rain). the chapter ended with an intrusive narrator that says "But I think he deserved it, don't you?" it felt cruel and unsympathetic.
  • some scenes were positive and about perseverance, determination, and change
  • moralistic, in an annoying way

Subjects

  • Railroads -- Trains -- Fiction