Barry would have been a BR Standard 2 class engine, and had been intended to be an engine rescued from Barry Scrapyard in South Wales for restoration. (Throughout the period that the Railway Series was out of print, this volume was the most difficult to find!)Ĭhristopher had suffered a similar rejection before, previously with a book called Barry the Rescue Engine. Sadly, this did not have the desired effect. Until the 11th hour, the new book was to be called The Fat Controller’s Engines, however, the publishers felt it would be better to market the book as Thomas and the Fat Controller’s Engines instead, reckoning it would sell more copies. ![]() The thirty-ninth book in the series would also coincide with the 50th Anniversary of the Railway Series, and while Christopher had already written a volume he was satisfied with, the publishers rejected it and favoured a Thomas volume instead.
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