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James the Red Engine is a board book released by Random House in 1999. It was illustrated by Josie Yee.
Plot
James has a big job to do, that is pulling trucks. Halfway up the hill, the trucks play a trick on James, who then gets all of the trucks up the hill and Sir Topham Hatt calls James a "Really Useful Engine".
Characters
- James
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Troublesome Trucks (do not speak)
- Edward (cameo)
Trivia
- The book is based on the first series episode, Troublesome Trucks.
- When the nose is pressed on the cover, the original Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends theme song is played.
Goofs
- James is too low to the ground.
- The trucks do not have couplers.
- Edward is missing his number, his lining is inaccurate, and his dome and cab are far too short.
- James and the trucks do not have axles.
- In the second illustration, James is missing his whistle, one of his buffers and his front coupler.
- James is incredibly out of scale in two of the illustrations.
- In the third illustration, James' whistle is angled the wrong way, and he is also missing his side rods.
- James' handrails are yellow.
- In the first illustration, the rails have spikes, but for the remainder of the story, the spikes disappear.
- James and the trucks do not appear to have rear bufferbeams.
- James' driving wheels are missing their counterweights.
Gallery
James and the Trucks
James and Sir Topham Hatt.