The Three Railway Engines - Outside of a Dog

Hardcover, 62 pages

English language

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

ISBN:: 978-0-7182-0000-8
OCLC Number:: 1322087910
ASIN:: 0718200004
Goodreads:: 4605071

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

notes reviewed The Three Railway Engines by Reverend W. Awdry (The Railway Series, #1)

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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feels outdated + irrelevant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

feels outdated + irrelevant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