Edward the Blue Engine

Edward the Blue Engine was first published in 1954. It was written by the Reverend W. Awdry and illustrated by C. Reginald Dalby.

=Stories=

Cows
Edward is passing a paddock when some cows break free and break a coupling. Edward, however, doesn't realise this until he gets home. Gordon and Henry laugh, but Toby is cross, and cheers Edward up.

A few days later, Gordon is pulling a passenger train to Kirkronan when he is stopped by a cow on the viaduct. His crew, the passengers, Henry (who came from the other direction), and his crew and passengers try to move her, but to no avail. Henry's Guard goes to the next station, and a porter leads the cow's calf to the bridge to lure her away. Edward soon finds out, and subtly makes fun of the big engines.

Bertie's Chase
Thomas is late, so Edward starts before he arrives. Bertie arrives with the passengers just as he leaves (Thomas' Driver was ill), just as Edward leaves. Bertie chases him to the next station, but just misses him there too. Finally, they get there just as Edward arrives, and Bertie explains the whole story to Edward. Edward apologises and leaves. In the TV version, Bertie also goes to tell Thomas that his passengers are on the train.

Saved from Scrap
One day at the Scrapyard, Edward meets an old-fashioned traction engine named Trevor, who is due to be scrapped next week. Edward decides to find a home for Trevor, and, when he sees [

Old Iron
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