Extended Railway Series

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Since the inception of SiF, the Extended Railway Series has been seen as the pinnacle of Thomas Fan Fiction on the forum. Below is a list of all ERS Volumes and the stories in each of them.

ERS Volumes

ERS Volume 42 – Evan The Private Engine (sillyevan)

• Private Owner
• No. 1's Bad Day
• The Unforgotten Engine
• The Steam Gala Surprise

ERS Volume 43 – Edward's Branch Line (Ryan )

• Boco's Tractor Bang
• Edward's Essential Experience
• Things That Go Bump In The Shed
• No Place Like Home

ERS Volume 44 – Express Engines (Ryan)

• Blowback
• Paint Problems
• Fourth Time Unlucky
• The Express Engines

ERS Volume 45 – Mid-Sodor Engines (Ryan and Fox)

• Albert
• Stanley
• Jim the Jinx
• Closure

ERS Volume 46 – Diesel Engines (Christopher – adapted from Peter Sam's volume of the same name)

• Daisy's Diner
• Cowcatchers
• Jinx
• Ted's New Home

ERS Volume 47 – Small Railway Surprises (Ryan)

• Clowning Around
• The Bursting Ballast Truck
• Flying Frank
• Horse Drawn Bert

ERS Volume 48 – Bert the Small Engine (Fox)

• Nervous Rex
• Ashes to Ashes
• Bert's Comeback
• Flaming Sword

ERS Volume 49 – Miniature Railway Engines (Ryan and Green Arrow)

• The New Line
• Training
• Hot and Bothered
• That Sinking Feeling

ERS Volume 50 – The Useful Little Engine (Ryan and Caeser)

• Wilbert, Audrey and Thomas
• Henry's Hill Start
• Lumbering Out
• Useful Indeed

ERS Volume 51 – Buzz the Heritage Diesel Engine (Ryan and Fox)

• Rest-'Cora'-tion
• A Flying Start
• When Opposites Attack
• Mid Sodor Vanguard

ERS Volume 52 – Hard Working Little Engines (Chris, BenPennock, Christopher, and Ryan)

• Military Engine
• Bad Driving
• The Works Train
• Army Honour

ERS Volume 53 – Brad the American Engine (Christopher and Granpuff)

• Brad
• Jinty Keeps Things Going
• Slipway
• Goodbye, Hello

ERS Volume 54 – Duck, Oliver and the Little Western (Christopher, adapted from the volume by Joe Smith)

• Running Late
• Rumours
• The Storm
• Happy Endings

ERS Volume 55 – Percy The Branch Line Engine (Christopher and Loey Machan – adapted from the volume by Joe Smith)

• Rockslide
• What a Riot!
• Shunting Mishap
• Nobody's Perfect

ERS Volume 56 – Sodor Oil Engines (The Old Bean and Ryan)

• Double the Trouble
• Opportunity to Impress
• Conspiracy!
• Probationary Superhero

ERS Volume 57 – Wartime Engines (Christopher and Simon, adapted from a volume by Joe Smith)

• Off to York
• Radio James
• Blackout!
• Troop Trains

ERS Volume 58 – Brave Mountain Engines (Ryan)

• Pride Comes Before a Fall
• Godred's Ghost
• Wilfred and the 'Sledge'
• Trapped at the Top

ERS Volume 59 – Sodor Castle the Western Engine (Ryan)

• Under Pressure
• Here Come the Gulls
• Haunted Henry
• The King and the Castle

ERS Volume 60 – Peter Sam and the Talyllyn Railway (Ryan and Ian)

• The Level Crossing Caper
• Speak for Yourself!
• Mistaken Identity
• Peter Sam Goes Home

ERS Volume 61 – Narrow Gauge Problems (Christopher)

• Agnes Boils Over
• Diesel Famine
• Weeping Sir Handel
• The Camera Goods

ERS Volume 62 – Ffarquhar Branch Line Engines (Christopher and Loey Machan)

• Changes in the Air
• Cattle
• The Turntable
• Firing Train

ERS Volume 63 – Kaiser the Fireless Engine (The Old Bean)

• Scheme and Steam
• Flashback
• The Ballad of Kaiser the Fireless Engine
• James' Fuel for Thought

ERS Volume 64 – Winter Engines (Christopher)

• Overweight
• Mixed Signals
• Drift Work
• Blizzard

ERS Volume 65 – Hunter the Prairie Tank Engine (Ryan)

• The New Engine
• Passenger Strain
• Landslide
• Working Together

ERS Volume 66 - Evan and the Lake Railway (SillyEvan)

• Airs and Graces
• One Man's Rubbish
• Search and Rescue
• Home and Away

ERS Volume 67 - Jinty the Shunting Engine (ProfessorVengeance)

• Zip It!
• Rebellion
• Tender Engines Can't Shunt
• You Can Bank on Jinty

ERS Volume 68 – Thomas' Branch Line Bothers (Ryan)

• The Cat Burgler
• Thomas Knows Best
• Bertie Saves the Day
• A Pub with No Beer

ERS Volume 69 - Winston the Diesel-Hydraulic Engine (Fox)

• Western Vanguard
• Western Stalwart
• Western Gauntlet
• Western Ambassador
• Western Champion

ERS Volume 70 – Norman the Mountain Diesel (Stuart7)

• Vermat
• Norman Runs Away
• Rocky Valley
• Norman Triumphant

ERS Volume 71 - The Unusual Miniature Engine (Green Arrow and Ryan)

• One Way or Another
• Nero's Never Wrong...
• Childish Behaviour
• To Catch a Crook

ERS Volume 72 – Toby's Harbour Days (Christopher and SillyEvan)

• Vintage Mariner
• Barred from the Brewery
• Field of Opportunity
• Home Again

ERS Volume 73 – Eventful Engines (FlyingScotsman)

• Tied in Knots
• Man on the Line
• Engine Trouble
• Not to be Moved

ERS Volume 74 – Odd Job Engines (Christopher)

• Erosion
• Up a Gum Tree
• "Assistance, Please!"
• The Great Western Special

ERS Volume 75 - Sudrian Twin Engines (Old Square Wheels)

• The Second Time Around
• Bill Proves His Worth
• "Blisters"
• All Together Now

ERS Volume 76 – Laggan the Highland Engine (Ryan)

• Unlucky for Some
• Hauling Miss Daisy
• Laggan, Eagle and Nellie
• Laggan, Camera, Action!

ERS Volume 77 - Edwin Richard and the Heritage Railway (JimBobDunnie and Ryan)

• High Water
• Playing Up
• What a Turnaround!
• A Fire Within

ERS Volume 78 – Warrior the Colliery Engine (Stuart7, D. Hay and Ryan)

• Warrior
• Old King Coal
• Industrial Action
• Saving Maron

ERS Volume 79 – Skarloey Railway Engines (Ryan)

• Gravity
• Old and Ivo Hugh
• On Military Service
• Fred and the UFO

ERS Volume 80 - Calendonian Railway Engines (MRHLoco)

ERS Volume 81 – Cheeky Little Engines (Christopher)

ERS Volume 82 – Quarry Engines (Christopher)

ERS Volume 83 – Small Railway Discoveries (Old Square Wheels)

ERS Volume 84 – Quinten the Museum Engine (Christopher)

ERS Volume 85 – Record Breaking Engines (Ryan)

ERS Volume 86 – More About Edward the Blue Engine (Christopher)

ERS Volume 87 – Henry the Mixed-Traffic Engine (Truro)

ERS Volume 88 – Maintenance Engines (Ian)

ERS Volume 89 - Historic Railway Engines (Fox)

ERS Volume 90 - Thomas and the International Railway Gala (Ryan)

ERS Volume 91 - Pug the Saddletank Engine (Christopher)

ERS Volume 92 - Road Museum Vehicles (Christopher and Ryan)

ERS Volume 93 - The Small Railway Gala (ChristheXelent)

ERS Volume 94 – Sodor Castle and the Railtour (Ryan)

ERS Volume 95 – Coaches, Trucks and Engines (Ian)

ERS Volume 97 – Sodor Castle Returns (Ryan)

ERS Volume 98 - Duck the Great Western Engine (Christopher)

ERS Volume 99 - Branch Line Extension Engines (Clay and others)

ERS Volume 100 - Edward and the Branch Line Engines (Ryan and others)

Notes

• In September 2008, it was announced that the entire ERS Library will be completely overhauled- including the axing of volumes that aren't accurate enough, and addng in volumes to fill in 'gaps' and explain changes on the Island of Sodor. It also includes the removal of several unneeded one-dimensional characters from the ERS. The above list is the progress so far of the ERS Library version 2.
• Volumes without stories have not yet been completed or submitted, so the stories have not been confirmed.
• Volumes 100 and 101 were the result of a 'War Of Words', with teams comprising four members writing a volume to compete for the honoured slot of 100. Another volume from this contest was The Fat Controller's Dilemma, which eventually took the spot of Volume 99.
• Fan-made characters introduced in the ERS Books that are on the Island include Evan, Edwin Richard, Sodor Castle, Eagle, Brad, Ted, Hunter, Roger, Louise, Nero, Atlanta, Rocky, Scott, Kaiser, Warrior, Norman, Betty, Blandford, Jebediah, Dennis, Pride of Knapford, Roland, and Daphne.
• Fan-made characters introduced in the ERS Books from Other Railways include Quinten, Henry 2 'Aturo', Two-Cab, Uproar, Hammilton, Vincent, Audrey, Growler, King Charles II, and Flying Fox.
• Fan-made villains introduced in the ERS Books include Vermat, Vector, Arcelia, Old King Coal, and Janus.
• Real engines introduced in the ERS Books include Blackmoor Vale, Fenchurch, Sharpthorn, Earl of Berkely, and Tornado.
• Characters like Jinty, Pug, D199, Philippa and Emma have returned to the Island in the ERS, of which Jinty, Philippa and Emma stay permanently.
• Characters previously unnamed in the RWS but named in the ERS include Wendell (The Works Diesel), Shane (Willie's Tractor) and Rod (The Orange Caterpillar Crane).
• Characters such as Shane Dooiney, Blister I & II, 87546 & 98462, Jim, Tim, Albert, Jerry, the Mine Engine, and Rickety have been properly introduced into the 'Sodor' Universe. Algy has also been introduced into the RWS-based stories.