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 ...

By Victor Mather Thomas the Tank Engine notices a funny smell ... an expressive face who first appeared in British children’s books by the Rev. W. Awdry. The character and his fellow locomotives ...

Allcroft was most known for producing popular children’s shows featuring Thomas the Tank Engine after obtaining the rights to adapt Reverand Wilbert Awdry’s “Railway Series” books in the ...

Thomas the Tank Engine was created by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry in a series of 1940s children’s books (he based the train on a wooden toy made for his son). Allcroft’s first adaptation ...

Thomas the Tank Engine is rolling into Kohl Children’s Museum and he ... The exhibit also has Thomas memorabilia, including original books and toys, that parents and OG Thomas fans (like me!) can ...