Bill and Ben (Annual story)

For other uses, see Bill and Ben (disambiguation).

Bill and Ben
Overview
Author	Christopher Awdry
Illustrator(s)	Paul Nichols
Publisher(s)	Grandreams
Series	1999 Annual
Published	December 1998
Release Guide
← Previous	Blooming Railways
Next →	Leaves on the Line

Bill and Ben is a 1999 annual story.

Plot

Bill and Ben's nameplates have been removed to be cleaned, so the twins pretend they are each other. BoCo gets confused, but gets revenge by pretending to be his twin CoBo.

Characters

• Bill and Ben
• BoCo
• Edward (does not speak)
• CoBo (mentioned)

Locations

• Brendam Docks

Trivia

• This story is a callback to the second series episode "The Diseasel".
• D5705, the sole surviving British Rail Class 28 and BoCo's sole surviving brother, is mentioned in this story.

Goofs

• In most of the illustrations, the tops of Bill and Ben's boilers are black instead of dark yellow. Also in some of the illustrations, their sandboxes are grey instead of dark yellow.
• Throughout the illustrations, the front of Bill and Ben's saddle tanks are brown and their cab roofs are black.
• In one illustration, Ben's undercarrige is red.
• In the third illustration, Bill and Ben are smiling when they should be surprised.
• BoCo's running board is fully painted red and his number is black.
  • Also, in one illustration, BoCo's undercarrige is red.

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