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->Dear friends of Edward, Gordon, Henry and Thomas,\\
Thank you for your kind letters. Here is the new book for which you asked.\\
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James, who crashed in the story of Thomas the Tank Engine, settles down and becomes a Useful Engine.\\
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We are nationalised now, but the same engines still work the Region. I am glad, too, to tell you that the Fat Director, who understands our friends' ways, is still in charge, but is now the Fat Controller.\\
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I hope you will enjoy this book, too.\\
[[Creator/WilbertAwdry The Author]].
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Thank you for your kind letters. Here is the new book for which you asked.\\
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James, who crashed in the story of Thomas the Tank Engine, settles down and becomes a Useful Engine.\\
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We are nationalised now, but the same engines still work the Region. I am glad, too, to tell you that the Fat Director, who understands our friends' ways, is still in charge, but is now the Fat Controller.\\
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I hope you will enjoy this book, too.\\
[[Creator/WilbertAwdry The Author]].
-->-- '''Foreword'''
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* WholeEpisodeFlashback: The events of this book are set in 1925.
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* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe. OnceDoneNeverForgotten: In "Troublesome Trucks", James is reminded of the bootlace incident by the unnamed tank engine engine, and then by Gordon and Henry.Henry at the beginning of "James and the Express".
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Little Blue Tank Engine who teased James for the bootlace incident never made an appearance again after "Troublesome Trucks".
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: As mentioned in The Author's introduction, the railway is now nationalized as part of British Railways, so the Fat Director has become the Fat Controller.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: "James and the Bootlace" is based off a snippet in The Railway Gazette.
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* {{Jerkass}}es: The trucks, as the name implies, spend the entire episode insulting James and trying to sabotage the journey.
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''James the Red Engine'' is the third book of ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'', published in 1948.1948, and the first to be completely illustrated by C. Reginald Dalby. Here is the list of stories:
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* '''James and the Bootlace''': James is furious after being threatened by with blue paint and having to fetch his own coaches. It takes the biscuit when no one comes near him at the platform, and James is so determined to pay everyone out that he doesn't take care with his coaches and causes a leak in the brake-pipe. The crew determines that they need newspaper and leather bootlaces to fix it until they get home, and after a great amount of persuasion a man named Jeremiah Jobling hands his bootlaces over and the train gets home.
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* ChewOutFakeOut: James thought that after the breakaway with half of the trucks, The Fat Controller is sure to be angry with him again, but thankfully, he wasn't.
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* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Edward offers to be James' banker for his train, but James politely declines. Edward understood this and encourages James not to let the trucks stop him for the second time.
* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: James causes a lot of mishaps in the first two books.
* WhatTheHellHero: The Fat Controller lectures James about his bad behavior. After he still causes trouble, the passengers are very vocal about it to him, his crewmen, and Jeremiah Jobling who was unwilling to hand his bootlace to fix the mess.
* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: James causes a lot of mishaps in the first two books.
* WhatTheHellHero: The Fat Controller lectures James about his bad behavior. After he still causes trouble, the passengers are very vocal about it to him, his crewmen, and Jeremiah Jobling who was unwilling to hand his bootlace to fix the mess.
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* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Edward offers to be James' banker for his train, but James politely declines. Edward understood understands this and encourages James not to let the trucks stop him for the second time.
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* {{Jerkass}}es: The trucks, as the name implies, spend the entire episode insulting James and trying to sabotage the journey.
-->'''Trucks:''' Oohoohooh! We want a proper engine, not a red monster!
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-->'''The Trucks''': "Give up! Give up! You can't pull us! You can't! You can't!"
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--->'''James''': "I can and I will. I can and I will."
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-->'''The Trucks''': "Give up! Give up! You can't pull us! You can't! You can't!"
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: James felt remorseful and even [[TearsOfRemorse cried]] about causing trouble with the coaches as well as upsetting the Fat Controller.
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''James the Red Engine'' is the third book of ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' published in 1948. Here is the list of stories as follows:
* '''James and the Top Hat''': James is to take a passenger train with Edward. At the platform, he accidentally showers water over the Fat Controller's new top-hat, and James, afraid of the consequences, starts off. He then proceeds to almost forget to drop off his passengers, and to top everything off he disturbs an old lady with his hiccups after hearing about the time Edward had to help Gordon up the hill. That night, James is scared of what the Fat Controller will say.
* '''James and the Bootlace''': James is furious after being threatened by blue paint and having to fetch his own coaches. It takes the biscuit when no one comes near him at the platform, and James is so determined to pay everyone out that he doesn't take care with his coaches and causes a leak in the brake-pipe. The crew determines that they need newspaper and leather bootlaces to fix it until they get home, and after a great amount of persuasion a man named Jeremiah Jobling hands his bootlaces over and the train gets home.
* '''Troublesome Trucks''': James is shut up for several days, but when the Fat Controller comes to see him James apologizes and is let out to take a goods train. The trucks play tricks on James and break away on Gordon's Hill, but James tries again and, with some support from Edward, gets the train home. The Fat Controller is pleased, and allows James to keep his red paint.
* '''James and the Express''': Gordon brags that he knows the right line by "instinct", but is proven wrong when he is switched off the main line onto the loop. The Fat Controller asks James to take the Express, and after a successful run and the promise of being allowed to take the Express, James returns to see Gordon shunting. The two become friends, and Gordon refrains from teasing James about the bootlace incident.
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* BerserkButton: James being threatened to be painted blue.
* ChewOutFakeOut: James thought that after the breakaway with half of the trucks, The Fat Controller is sure to be angry with him again, but thankfully, he wasn't.
* {{Determinator}}: James didn't let the trucks stop him from going up the hill.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: In "Troublesome Trucks". After successfully pulling the goods train, James regains the approval of The Fat Controller, and is allowed to keep his red paint.
* HumblePie: Despite his humiliation, Gordon is pleased to see James pulling the Express well, and is said not to talk about bootlaces anymore.
* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe. James is reminded of the bootlace incident by the unnamed tank engine and then Gordon and Henry.
* TearsOfRemorse: James in the beginning regarding the bootlace incident.
* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: James causes a lot of mishaps in the first two books.
* WhatTheHellHero: The Fat Controller lectures James about his bad behavior. After he still causes trouble, the passengers are very vocal about it to him, his crewmen, and Jeremiah Jobling who was unwilling to hand his bootlace to fix the mess.
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* '''James and the Top Hat''': James is to take a passenger train with Edward. At the platform, he accidentally showers water over the Fat Controller's new top-hat, and James, afraid of the consequences, starts off. He then proceeds to almost forget to drop off his passengers, and to top everything off he disturbs an old lady with his hiccups after hearing about the time Edward had to help Gordon up the hill. That night, James is scared of what the Fat Controller will say.
* '''James and the Bootlace''': James is furious after being threatened by blue paint and having to fetch his own coaches. It takes the biscuit when no one comes near him at the platform, and James is so determined to pay everyone out that he doesn't take care with his coaches and causes a leak in the brake-pipe. The crew determines that they need newspaper and leather bootlaces to fix it until they get home, and after a great amount of persuasion a man named Jeremiah Jobling hands his bootlaces over and the train gets home.
* '''Troublesome Trucks''': James is shut up for several days, but when the Fat Controller comes to see him James apologizes and is let out to take a goods train. The trucks play tricks on James and break away on Gordon's Hill, but James tries again and, with some support from Edward, gets the train home. The Fat Controller is pleased, and allows James to keep his red paint.
* '''James and the Express''': Gordon brags that he knows the right line by "instinct", but is proven wrong when he is switched off the main line onto the loop. The Fat Controller asks James to take the Express, and after a successful run and the promise of being allowed to take the Express, James returns to see Gordon shunting. The two become friends, and Gordon refrains from teasing James about the bootlace incident.
!!The book contains examples of:
* BerserkButton: James being threatened to be painted blue.
* ChewOutFakeOut: James thought that after the breakaway with half of the trucks, The Fat Controller is sure to be angry with him again, but thankfully, he wasn't.
* {{Determinator}}: James didn't let the trucks stop him from going up the hill.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: In "Troublesome Trucks". After successfully pulling the goods train, James regains the approval of The Fat Controller, and is allowed to keep his red paint.
* HumblePie: Despite his humiliation, Gordon is pleased to see James pulling the Express well, and is said not to talk about bootlaces anymore.
* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe. James is reminded of the bootlace incident by the unnamed tank engine and then Gordon and Henry.
* TearsOfRemorse: James in the beginning regarding the bootlace incident.
* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: James causes a lot of mishaps in the first two books.
* WhatTheHellHero: The Fat Controller lectures James about his bad behavior. After he still causes trouble, the passengers are very vocal about it to him, his crewmen, and Jeremiah Jobling who was unwilling to hand his bootlace to fix the mess.
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