Thomas started out as a character in a series of books dating back to the 1940s by Rev. Wilbert Awdry, an English Anglican minister and train enthusiast. Awdry's The Railway Series revolved around ...

Bruno the Brake Car — a new character voiced by a child actor with autism— is about to roam the rails on the Island of Sodor, joining Thomas the Tank Engine ... show's train engines often ...

By Victor Mather Thomas the Tank Engine notices a funny smell ... More recently, the show made efforts to diversify, adding new engines like Yong Bao of China and Ashima of India.

Fans of "Thomas & Friends" will get to meet a new character, as Bruno the Brake Car joins Thomas the Tank Engine as the ... of "Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go." ...

She eventually secured the rights to the “Railway Series” books from which the character Thomas the Tank Engine was adapted on screen. Allcroft’s interest in the characters from this book ...

Britt Allcroft, the producer who adapted Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends ... about British steam engines. Falling in love with the characters, she brought the book to television then-husband ...

She adapted the children’s book ... to the big screen with the 2000 film “Thomas and the Magic Railroad.” A separate, animated version of the series, “Thomas and Friends: All Engines ...