The first volume of Adventures on Rails contains twenty-six stories which were released between 5 March 2019 to 29 December 2019. The New Adventures on Rails was followed up by volume two in 2020, volume three in 2021, volume four in 2022, and Volume five in 2023. Volume six will begin in January 2024.
Stories and release dates
- Dirty Sidings - 5 March 2019
- Tenderfirst - 11 March 2019
- Signals Crossed - 11 March 2019
- Stuck in the Snow - 17 April 2019
- Oily in the Morning - 29 April 2019
- Old and New - 29 April 2019
- Warm Coaches - 24 May 2019
- Garage Sale - 24 May 2019
- The Fire - 1 June 2019
- Record Breaker - 14 June 2019
- High Tide - 1 July 2019
- Blown Away - 23 July 2019
- Too Many Trucks - 1 August 2019
- Saving Edward - 11 August 2019
- Nose-diving - 23 August 2019
- The Trouble with the Enthusiasts - 24 September 2019
- Coal Strike - 24 September 2019
- Motivation - 1 October 2019
- Behind the Gate - 21 October 2019
- The Monster of Brendam - 31 October 2019
- Down at the Station - 1 November 2019
- Jessie and the Frozen Points - 11 November 2019
- Ryan and the Boats - 27 November 2019
- Emily and Molly - 8 December 2019
- Christmas with Friends - 22 December 2019
- Thomas's Snowplough - 29 December 2019
Cancelled story
- Percy's New-Old Friends/Emily's New Route - Percy is re-united with Jinty and Pug who come to work on the Kirk Ronan Branch Line whilst Emily is officially assigned to the Norramby Branch Line. 15 August 2021.
Characters
- Thomas
- Edward
- Henry
- Gordon
- James
- Percy
- Toby
- Duck
- Donald and Douglas
- Oliver
- Emily
- Molly
- Dodger
- David
- Jessie
- Ryan
- Bill and Ben
- Timothy
- Marion
- Skarloey
- Rheneas
- Sir Handel
- Peter Sam
- Duncan
- Ivo Hugh
- Duke
- Victor
- Luke
- Bert
- Rex
- Mike
- Diesel
- Daisy
- BoCo
- Bear
- Mavis
- Pip and Emma
- Salty
- Paxton
- Norman
- Rusty
- Fred
- Frank
- Annie and Clarabel
- Henrietta
- Victoria
- Alice and Mirabel
- Isabel and Dulcie
- Terence
- Rocky
- Skiff
- Kevin
- Cranky
- Sir Topham Hatt
- The Thin Controller
- Captain Joe
- Jinty and Pug (dropped)
- Jock (does not speak)
- Mr. Hugh (does not speak)
- The Ministry of Defence Engine (mentioned)
Character Introduced
- Jessie's Sisters - The other 'Austerity' tank engines who worked at East Moors Steelworks alongside Jessie.
- Lucy - A small tank engine who came to help out at the Steelworks.
- The Works Diesel - A friendly diesel who is based at the Works and often does odd jobs around the Island.
- Haverthwaite and Lakeside Railway Class 11 diesel (unnamed) - A diesel shunter who came to help out at the Big Station during some frosty weather.
- Liza - a young woman who helps out at Ffarquhar with the every day operations of the station.
Jinty and Pug were also meant to be introduced. Instead, in volume three, although Pug was re-introduced, Jinty's fate was revealed.
Trivia
- This volume marks Pip and Emma and Bear's first appearance which officially makes them part of the Adventures on Rails cast. The Works Diesel is also introduced although he would not speak until volume four.
- Although released during volume three, the cancelled story Percy's New Old Friends was originally meant to be part of volume one. However, it was pushed back and most of the concepts in that story ended up becoming their own separate arcs in the next two seasons.