It's just as well the Rev. Wilbert Awdry's name is nowhere to be found on the credits of "Thomas and the Magic Railroad," as the author of the '40s British kidtomes from which this is a feature ...

Columbia Tristar Home Video, about 85 minutes, for ages 2 to 6, VHS $22.46, DVD $24.95. “Thomas and the Magic Railroad” is the first attempt of “Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends,” a PBS ...

If only ”Thomas and the Magic Railroad” had an old-fashioned story to go with its winsomely ingenious design. The movie, I’m afraid, is as rambling and obscure as a ”Pokémon” mara-thon.