EXCLUSIVE: First interview ever with beloved engine about his voice, new look. Sept. 13, 2009— -- Kids have read about the British character since the 1940s and watched "Thomas & Friends" on ...

One Christmas, the Rev. Awdry made a model of the engines named Thomas and Edward. In 1945, the Rev. Awrdy’s wife urged him to write a book. That book, “The Three Railway Engines” sold ...

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 ... First View 10 Cameras.

A special guest has arrived in Baltimore for a big birthday party at the B&O Railroad Museum as "Thomas the Tank Engine" turns 80 years old.Thomas, the talking little blue engine, is in Baltimore ...

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 ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the “Thomas the Tank Engine” series, has died. She was 81. Filmmaker Brannon Carty shared the news of Allcroft’s death on Instagram on Friday, Jan. 3. “It is ...