Year-Round Engines is a Story Reader book narrated by Lee Crooks. It is included in the Me Reader and 8-Book Library.
Synopsis[]
The book details the various activities and duties the engines of Sodor partake in during the four seasons, such as taking passengers across the countryside in spring and providing firewood for the island's residents in the winter.
Characters[]
- Thomas (does not speak)
- Percy (does not speak)
- Emily (does not speak)
- Rosie (does not speak)
- Bertie (does not speak)
- Sir Topham Hatt (does not speak)
- Farmer McColl (does not speak)
- Stanley (cameo)
- Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
- Henrietta (cameo)
- Harold (cameo)
- Captain (cameo)
- James (portrait cameo)
- Cranky (map cameo)
Locations[]
- Sodor Animal Park
- McColl Farm
- Tidmouth Sheds
- Sir Topham Hatt's Office
- Bridge over Single-Track Tunnel Runby (map only)
- Callan Castle (map only)
- Knapford (map only)
- Rheneas Tunnel (map only)
- Tower Windmill (map only)
Trivia[]
- A second coach identical to Henrietta appears in the last illustration.
Goofs[]
- A skunk is seen in the book however skunks are not native nor are found in Europe and are only native to North and South America neither are they shown to live on Sodor.
- Throughout the book, Percy's coal bunker is painted green instead of black.
- Annie and Clarabel's buffer beams, footplate and wheels are grey instead of black.
- Stanley's footplate is black instead of light grey.
- Emily's footplate is red instead of brown.
- Rosie incorrectly has a fourth boiler band and in the ninth illustration, her cab roof is not painted in black and her cab windows are missing.
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