Eileen Gibb

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.

Description

Sammy the Shunter is a 2-4-2T locomotive, painted red with green wheels and a yellow dome who lives in the fictional town of Sleeping Sunbury in England. The various books tell of Sammy's adventures all over the world.

Characters

• Sammy is the main character throughout the books. He is a friendly 2-4-2T steam shunter painted red with green wheels, yellow buffers, blue running plates and yellow lining with his nameplate on his sides in yellow. In the first book, Sammy used to be a rusty colour and had a number 109846 before being repainted.
• Mr. Buffin is Sammy's driver. He is a kind old man who is seen with Sammy on his adventures. It is mentioned in "Sammy Gets Streamlined" that he was meant to drive the Flying Scotsman but things had gone wrong. Mr. Buffin has a fear of wild animals.
• Mr. Plum is the stationmaster of Sleeping Sunbury station. Mr. Plum is a strict man with a short temper who addressed Sammy by his number in the earlier books, but has a kinder side.

Books

Sammy the Shunter appears in various books.

• Gibb, Eileen (December 1949). Sammy Gets Streamlined. London: Ian Allan. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
• Gibb, Eileen (September 1950). Sammy Goes to the Circus. London: Ian Allan. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
• Gibb, Eileen (1951). Sammy Goes to Sea. London: Ian Allan. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)
• Gibb, Eileen (November 1951). Sammy Goes to America. London: Ian Allan. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
• Gibb, Eileen (August 1952). Sammy Goes to Fairyland. London: Ian Allan. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
• Gibb, Eileen (November 1952). Sammy Meets Father Christmas. London: Ian Allan. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
• Gibb, Eileen (February 1953). Billy and the Robbers. Hampton Court: Ian Allan. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
• Gibb, Eileen (May 1953). Billy Goes Exploring. Hampton Court: Ian Allan. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)CS1 maint: year (link).
• Gibb, Eileen (July 1953). Sammy Goes to School. London: Ian Allan. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
• Gibb, Eileen (February 1954). Sammy Sees the Doctor. London: Ian Allan. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
• Gibb, Eileen (June 1954). Sammy and the Old Engines. London: Ian Allan. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
• Gibb, Eileen (October 1954). Sammy the Shunter Bumper Book. London: Ian Allan. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
• Gibb, Eileen (June 1955). Sammy Joins the Scouts. London: Ian Allan. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
• Gibb, Eileen (1957). Sammy Goes to the Pole. London: Ian Allan. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)
• Gibb, Eileen (1959). Tubby the Odd-Job Engine. London: Hulton Press. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)
• Gibb, Eileen (1965). Sammy Saves a Railway Line. London: Ian Allan. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)

Sammy the Shunter also appears in the stories "The Holiday Train" and "Sammy on the Christmas Tree, featured in:-

• My Trains Book. London: Ian Allan. 1953. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)