These releases were clearly aimed at young children that would be growing up with the television series. And again, in the spirit of his father’s work, they were done by a well-known personality of the time, Ted Robbins. In the mid 1990s, Christopher’s books were committed to audio as well through Tempo Reed and Egmont Books.
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The Railway Series received a resurgence of popularity in the 1980s with the advent of the television series, and Christopher Awdry’s choice to revive his father’s characters.
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Argo Records reissued the narratives done by Johnny Morris on audio cassette alongside the LP vinyl releases, and issued the work of Willie Rushton as The Railway Stories, More Railway Stories and Further Railway Stories, the latter being released in 1982 purely as an audio cassette compilation with no vinyl release.Īfter Willie Rushton had recorded his last set of Railway Stories in 1982, the series lay dormant, and for the most part, the recordings seemingly faded away.
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However, from the start of his tenure with the Railway Stories, a new format was introduced – with engine and railway (and occasionally cars and animals) noises being implemented at the beginning and end of the stories to add atmosphere.
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Willie Rushton went on to record all of the remaining Railway Series stories over several releases, from Edward the Blue Engine until Tramway Engines.