- "Duck! Duck! Caboose!"
- ― The Engines teasing Duck
Railway Rhymes is a book.
Description
A fun collection of more than 30 original poems featuring 35 different friends from the Island of Sodor. Travel all over the island, at all times of year in this wonderful first book of poems with the Thomas touch.
Characters
- Thomas
- Henry
- Gordon
- Donald and Douglas
- Bill and Ben
- Salty
- Skarloey
- Rheneas
- Bertie
- George
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Edward (does not speak)
- James (does not speak)
- Percy (does not speak)
- Toby (does not speak)
- Duck (does not speak)
- Stepney (does not speak)
- Harvey (does not speak)
- Emily (does not speak)
- Murdoch (does not speak)
- Spencer (does not speak)
- Mavis (does not speak)
- Sir Handel (does not speak)
- Troublesome Trucks (do not speak)
- Annie and Clarabel (do not speak)
- Henrietta (does not speak)
- Terence (does not speak)
- Trevor (does not speak)
- Harold (does not speak)
- Bulstrode (does not speak)
- Cranky (does not speak)
Locations
- Tidmouth Sheds
- Brendam Docks
- Henry's Tunnel
- Ffarquhar Quarry
- Sodor Suspension Bridge
- Wellsworth (mentioned)
Trivia
- This book has sold around 700,000 copies.[1]
- The guard's van seen with Skarloey appears to be based on the Talyllyn Railway's guard's van, No. 5.
- The "Ballad of Henry" section is a retelling of the Railway Series stories, The Sad Story of Henry and Edward, Gordon and Henry from the book, The Three Railway Engines.
Goofs
- Stepney is incorrectly depicted as a narrow gauge engine.
- In the Ballad of Henry, Henry has his new shape.
- Annie and Clarabel have grey undercarriages and white wheels.
- On the back cover, James' smokebox saddle is not coloured black.
- The design of the roofs on the express coaches changes between the second and third illustrations.
- Additionally, Gordon grows in length when he crosses the bridge in the third illustration.
- Emily has black buffers and a red running board.
- The ladder that leads up to Cranky's cabin is missing.
- It is said that Thomas was the engine who helped save Trevor from scrap, when in fact it was actually Edward.
- Bertie is on the platform in the final illustration.
- Percy's stepladder is on the side of his running board when it should be underneath it.
Gallery
Thomas and the Fat Controller
Gordon
Terence and Gordon
Edward, Emily, and the Fat Controller's car
Percy and Gordon
