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The Cover of the 1979 annual, an "Authorised Edition" long before any TV producers had their eye on the franchise. All the pictures are by an artist named Edgar Hodges and are mostly redone images from the books. Pictures from the early books are particularly striking, as Hodges' style is rather closer to Peter Edwards than C Reginald Dalby! Follows a subjective selection of some of the finer illustrations in this book. Once again, Thanks due to Ryan Healy for sharing these images with us. For pictures of the "Ffarquhar Branch" model railway in this annual, please go to this page. |
Good portraits of Teddy Boston and Wilbert Awdry at the Small Railway.
James captured in the far-off days when he was still black.
The circus comes to town - from an unusual new angle.
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 Two treatments from "Tank Engine Thomas Again" - The Fat Controller's famous fish supper (left) and Terence's rescue of Thomas from a snowdrift (above) |
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Giants
of Steam: Flying Scotsman (left), "City of Truro" (right)
The Narrow Gauge Selection:
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A fine portrait of "Duke" at work on the MSR |
| Nancy armed with cloth and pail in a scene of the Skarloey veterans. |  |
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... Let's hope Duncan isn't too upset. |