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 ...

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 ...

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.

Britt Allcroft, creator of the beloved Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends children's TV series, has died. The British-born producer died last week in Santa Monica, Calif., at 81. Thomas started out as a ...

The "Thomas the Tank Engine" and his fans all over the world are in mourning. Britt Allcroft, who co-created the beloved "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" children's series, has died. She was 81. "It ...

Girls are finally getting a bigger role in Thomas the Tank Engine's boy-dominated world. Mattel, the toy maker that owns the Thomas brand, will add two female main characters to the "Thomas & Friends" ...

A lot of us–or our younger siblings–grew up watching Thomas the Tank Engine. Thomas was the friendly, blue train that spoke with a British accent (unless George Carlin or Alec Baldwin were narrating) ...

Britt Allcroft: she became one of Britain’s wealthiest women - PA Britt Allcroft, who has died aged 81, was the entrepreneur who transformed Thomas the Tank Engine into an international phenomenon, ...