The series features many anthropomorphic vehicles, including Thomas the Tank Engine. Sixteen more were written by his son, Christopher Awdry, between September 1983 and July 2011. Twenty-six books were written by Awdry, the final one being written in October 1972. There are 42 books in the series, the first published in May 1945 by the Rev. The Railway Series is a series of British books about a railway known as the North Western Railway, located on the fictional Island of Sodor.
