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Dear Friends,

Henry has been feeling glum. The other engines were teasing him for his crash with the Flying Kipper.

To cheer Henry up I decided to make him the focus of my newest poster, to show everyone how strong and capable he really is.

Yours, The Artist

RWS fans will appreciate that the Flying Kipper consist here matches the train as modeled on Wilbert Awdry's 'Tidmouth' model layout!

TV series fans might recognise that owl…

Thomas was a tank engine, who lived at a Big Station. He had six small wheels, a short stumpy funnel, a short stumpy boiler, and a short stumpy dome.

Here is a compilation of their efforts. Once again a huge thank you to all who participated. 🙂

The Fairbourne Miniature Railway takes travellers from the village of Fairbourne along the beaches of Bae Ceredigion/Cardigan Bay to the mouth of the Mawddach River at Barmouth Ferry station. This railway runs on a 12.25-inch (311mm) gauge for 2 miles. Barmouth Ferry is the northern terminus of the railway and used to be on a balloon loop, so the locomotives did not have to run round their…

The Rev. Wilbert Awdry inherited an interest in railways from his father, the Rev. Vere Awdry, and together with his brother George, became a keen railway modeller. He published his first book in what would become The Railway Series in 1945. By 1951, he had written four more. In February that year, someone sent him an article which had appeared in the Birmingham Mail entitled “Eight Miles of…

The Rev. Wilbert Awdry inherited an interest in railways from his father, the Rev. Vere Awdry, and together with his brother George, became a keen railway modeller. He published his first book in what would become The Railway Series in 1945. By 1951, he had written four more. In February that year, someone sent him an article which had appeared in the Birmingham Mail entitled “Eight Miles of…