Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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The Rev. W. Awdry's RAILWAY STORIES
Book 9: EDWARD THE BLUE ENGINE
Published by Edmund Ward in 1954
Read aloud by me on May 28, 2025

Illustrations by C. Reginald Dalby
Special thanks to @TheUnluckyTug_official for the illustrations featured.

Edward, who appeared with Gordon and Henry in The Three Railway Engines (the first book in this "Railway Series"), here has a book to himself. He is once again joined in his adventures by Gordon and Henry together with James the Red Engine, Bertie the Bus, and a new friend called Trevor, who is a Traction-engine. And, of course, Sir Topham Hatt is here too!

OUR STORY STOPS ARE:
1. Cows!
2. Bertie's Chase
3. Saved from Scrap
4. Old Iron