Adventures on Rails - volume three

Official title card.

Volume three of Adventures on Rails contains twenty-six stories. The first story was released on 3 January 2021 and the final story was released on 25 December 2021.

This volume follows the continuity of The New Adventures on Rails with volume one (2019) and volume two (2020), and will be continued by volume four in 2022.

Stories and release dates

1. James and the Pipes - 3 January 2021.
2. The Back of the Train - 10 January 2021.
3. The Goods Train - 14 February 2021.
4. The Re-opening - 21 February 2021.
5. Change in the Air - 15 March 2021.
6. Banker Engine - 21 March 2021.
7. Edward and Jenna - 28 March 2021.
8. Pilot Engines - 11 April 2021.
9. Help Wanted - 18 April 2021.
10. Thomas in Charge - 16 May 2021.
11. Toby and the Lorries - 23 May 2021.
12. The Milk and the Post - 30 May 2021.
13. James and the Tar Wagons - 6 June 2021.
14. Jessie and the Coaches - 13 June 2021.
15. The Hose - 11 July 2021.
16. The Queue - 18 July 2021.
17. The Trouble with Ballast Trucks - 8 August 2021.
18. Station Closing - 22 August 2021.
19. Jessie and the Diesel Engines - 12 September 2021.
20. Responsibilities - 19 September 2021.
21. Last Day at the Steelworks - 17 October 2021.
22. The Disused Siding - 31 October 2021.
23. Molly and the Empty Trucks - 15 November 2021.
24. A Bad Lot of Coal - 21 November 2021.
25. Edward, James, and the Snow - 5 December 2021.
26. The Christmas Wall - Christmas Day 2021.

Characters

• Thomas
• Edward
• Henry
• Gordon
• James
• Percy
• Toby
• Duck
• Donald and Douglas
• Oliver
• Bill and Ben
• Emily
• Molly
• Dodger
• David
• Jessie
• Ryan
• Marion
• Jessie's Sisters (Eden, Kelly, and Helen)
• Skarloey
• Rheneas
• Peter Sam
• Duncan
• Ivo Hugh
• Duke
• Rex
• Mike
• Bert
• Jock
• Diesel
• Daisy
• BoCo
• Bear
• Mavis
• Pip and Emma
• Salty
• Paxton
• Norman
• Kim
• Steph
• Rusty
• Frank
• Annie and Clarabel
• Henrietta
• Toad
• Terence
• Bertie
• Cranky
• Sir Topham Hatt
• Fergus Duncan
• Liza
• Victor (does not speak)
• Isabel and Dulcie (do not speak)
• Alice and Mirabel (do not speak)
• Timothy (mentioned)
• Sir Handel (mentioned)
• Luke (mentioned)

Characters Introduced

• Jenna - LMS Fowler 3F (known as Jinty) who comes to act as a banker for trains going up Gordon's Hill.
• Pug - LMS Kiston 0F who comes to help out with the shunting at the Big Station. He had previously visited Sodor in 1957.
• Jinty (mentioned) - It was revealed by Jenna that he was unfortunately scrapped although in doing so, he indirectly saved her from scrap.
• The Works Diesel (does not speak) - A friendly diesel who is based at the Works and often does odd jobs around the railway.

Trivia

• This volume will celebrate the tenth anniversary of the series.
• The first details were revealed on 27 December 2020.
• The first two stories are connected to the stories Henry, James and the Lucky Trucks and Percy's Lucky Day. They are featured in You Lucky Engine.
• Visiting Engines was released during this volume as part of the tenth anniversary celebration.
• The Author has revealed that The Bridge from the next volume was originally planned for volume three.

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