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King of the Railway (book)

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This article is about the book. You may be looking for the special, the Sticker activity book, the movie storybook or the UK book.

"What are you doing up there?"
"They're turning me into an aeroplane!"
― Henry and Stephen joking

King of the Railway is a book based on the special of the same name.

Plot

Thomas the Tank Engine discovers mysteries of the past—and may even find a treasure!—when a stranger comes to the Island of Sodor. Train-obsessed little boys and girls ages 3–7 will thrill to this retelling of the newest Thomas & Friends direct-to-DVD/Blue-ray movie, King of the Railway.

Characters

Locations

Goofs

  • Apart from two illustrations, Stephen does not have a driver.
  • Jack is missing his number. The front of his cab is also black.
  • Connor's name is misspelled as "Conner" on his nameplate.
  • James and Percy are said to toot their horns, but steam engines have whistles.
  • The word "a" is missing from the Earl's following quote: "You are very important engine with a special job to do".
  • In two illustrations, Victor is missing the Steamworks' logo on the side of his cab.
  • The Earl says that he promised to be at the estate by two, but the clock in the illustration shows it is 2:58.
  • Connor and Caitlin's coaches are just normal express coaches rather than their own rake of coaches with their colour schemes.

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