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 ...

As a young child, I never much cared for Thomas the Tank Engine, who struck me as creepy and coercive (though I believe the word I used at the time was “yucky.”) The book I adored was “The Three ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” series, has died at age 81, filmmaker Brannon Carty announced on X. Allcroft was most known for producing popular children’s shows ...

Britt Allcroft, the producer who adapted Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends for television, has died. She was 81. According to Allcroft’s daughter Holly Wright, she died on Wednesday, Dec. 25 in Los ...

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 ...

As a child, the Rev. Wilbert Awdry would imagine that the nearby steam engines he could hear were talking to each other. When he became a father himself, he used that memory to create stories to tell ...

The Duke of Sussex introduced a special introduction for the 75th anniversary of Thomas the Tank Engine Stephanie Petit is a Royals Editor, Writer and Reporter at PEOPLE. Prince Harry and Thomas the ...

All change! “Thomas & Friends” will be part of Nick Jr.’s timetable from March when the Mattel animated series moves from its longtime home on PBS to the preschool net, Variety has learned.

A new direct-to-DVD movie will help ramp up the 67-year-old preschool kids franchise, accompanied by premieres, promotions and new toys By Zoe Brenneke Thomas the Tank Engine - H 2013 Kourtney ...

The 35-millimeter film flickers. An arm descending from the blue sky holds a clapboard over a quaint railway station, where custom-made train models with expressive human faces wait for action. The ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children's television series Thomas & Friends, has passed away at the age of 81. Allcroft, from Worthing, England, produced several shows for British ...