Sammy the Shunter
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Sammy the Shunter is a fictitious steam locomotive created by Eileen Gibb, featuring in a series of children's books published in the 1940s and 1950s.
[edit] Description
Sammy the Shunter is a 2-4-2T locomotive, painted red with green wheels and a yellow dome. The various books tell of Sammy's adventures all over the world. Sammy seems to be more widely travelled than Thomas the Tank Engine.
[edit] Books
Sammy the Shunter appears in various books.
- Gibb, Eileen (December 1949). Sammy Gets Streamlined. London: Ian Allan.
- Gibb, Eileen (September 1950). Sammy Goes to the Circus. London: Ian Allan.
- Gibb, Eileen (1951). Sammy Goes to Sea. London: Ian Allan.
- Gibb, Eileen (November 1951). Sammy Goes to America. London: Ian Allan.
- Gibb, Eileen (August 1952). Sammy Goes to Fairyland. London: Ian Allan.
- Gibb, Eileen (November 1952). Sammy Meets Father Christmas. London: Ian Allan.
- Gibb, Eileen (February 1953). Billy and the Robbers. Hampton Court: Ian Allan.[1]
- Gibb, Eileen (May 1953). Billy Goes Exploring. Hampton Court: Ian Allan.[1].
- Gibb, Eileen (July 1953). Sammy Goes to School. London: Ian Allan.[2]
- Gibb, Eileen (February 1954). Sammy Sees the Doctor. London: Ian Allan.[2]
- Gibb, Eileen (June 1954). Sammy and the Old Engines. London: Ian Allan.
- Gibb, Eileen (October 1954). Sammy the Shunter Bumper Book. London: Ian Allan.
- Gibb, Eileen (June 1955). Sammy Joins the Scouts. London: Ian Allan.
- Gibb, Eileen (1957). Sammy Goes to the Pole. London: Ian Allan.
- Gibb, Eileen (1959). Tubby the Odd-Job Engine. London: Hulton Press.
- Gibb, Eileen (1965). Sammy Saves a Railway Line. London: Ian Allan.
Sammy the Shunter also appears in the stories "The Holiday Train" and "Sammy on the Christmas Tree, featured in:-
- (1953) My Trains Book. London: Ian Allen.
