Former President Jimmy Carter and a beloved story book character took a train ride today to get kids to read. Thomas the tank engine chugged into the presidents hometown of Plains. All aboard were ...

In this new picture book Thomas and the Royal Engine, published later this week by Egmont, Thomas and the Fat Controller are on a special journey to London to meet the Queen. The book features artwork ...

A line-up of railway-themed events to celebrate 80 years of Thomas the Tank Engine are under way in Gloucestershire. The animated children's show was adapted from a series of 26 books written by ...

Thomas the Tank Engine, that “cheeky, fussy little engine who wears a No. 1 on his side and never lets anyone forget it,” is moving full steam ahead with several new projects. This fall, coming down ...

Thomas the Tank Engine creator Britt Allcroft has died aged 81. The producer brought the beloved children's series to TV screens after securing the rights to adapt Reverend Wilbert Awdry’s Railway ...

Growing up, we weren't kids who played with trains. Frankly, we don't get it: They're big, boxy, old things. We have a seven-year-old nephew who loves 'em, but even that's not enough to convince us.

Trucks have been shunted and freight has been hauled for three-quarters of a century now, much to the delight of children around the world. Tuesday commemorates a milestone for one of the most beloved ...

Thomas the Tank Engine has come under attack from Labour for not having enough female train drivers. Shadow Transport Secretary Mary Creagh MP says the popular series “sets a poor example” to children ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, has died aged 81. Allcroft, along with her then husband and fellow TV producer Angus Wright, spent four ...

DULUTH — Thomas the Tank Engine is returning to the Northland this summer, but he'll be meeting families in Two Harbors instead of Duluth. For over two decades, the anthropomorphic locomotive's annual ...