![]() In Edward and Gordon, he expresses great interest in getting jobs done, but is specifically interested in pushing the express. Gordon (the big blue engine) is the complete opposite of Edward, the biggest engine from the shed and has a level of confidence that really boosts his ego to the point of cockiness. Edward (the blue engine) is an eager train that is not as big as the others, but has a great deal of confidence to make up for it, but at the same time a sense of modesty that does not turn his confidence into a larger ego the way that Henry is known to develop. ![]() Edward is perhaps the engine we are meant to root for and I feel that this strategy was a success. Edward, Gordon, and Henry would be added right before publishing upon a contingency of the publisher, who wanted the book to end happily for Henry.įrom these books, we get an idea of three different engines with three different personalities. These stories would make up Edward's Day Out, the very first in the series, Edward and Gordon, and The Sad Story of Henry. Awdry would tell his son, Christopher, which began during Christopher's very own bout with measles (don't worry, though, Christopher is still alive to this day and he would pen several books of his own that would continue the series). ![]() This series started as bedtime stories that Rev. The Reverend Wilbert Awdry's Thomas the Tank Engine series began here with a story not about Thomas, but about three engines named Edward, Gordon, and Henry that would establish their part as a strong supporting cast within the upcoming stories involving the trains and other vehicles that inhabit the Island of Sodor.
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