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Oliver, re-titled Oliver the Great Western Engine in 2011, is the fourteenth book in the My Thomas Story Library series.
Plot
Douglas helps save Oliver from being scrapped along with Isabel and Toad. The Fat Controller is proud of this and gives Oliver the job of working on Duck's Branch Line.
Characters
- Edward
- Gordon
- James
- Duck
- Douglas
- Oliver
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Isabel (does not speak)
- Toad (does not speak)
- Class 40 (cameo)
- Bertie (cameo)
Locations
Trivia
- This book is based on the stories "Escape" and "Little Western" from The Railway Series book, Enterprising Engines.
- Bertie appears in this book, but he does not appear in the actual episode.
Goofs
- In the seventh illustration, Douglas does not have buffers on his tender.
- Oliver's bogie wheels are dark grey in some illustrations while in others they are the correct green colour.
- The side of Oliver's running board is red when it should be black.
- Oliver already has his number 11 when Douglas finds him when he should have his British Railways number.
- Douglas' front wheel-arches are incorrectly painted black.
- Class 40 appears in this book, but he was not introduced until the fourth series.
- Class 40's buffers are black when they should be silver. Also, his number is missing.
- In the second illustration, Class 40 appears to have a second face with no facial features. He is also missing his two back wheels.
- In the fifth and sixth illustrations, modern torches are seen instead of lanterns.
- In the eleventh illustration, Duck's footplate is red instead of black.
- In one illustration, James' side rods are missing