In the 1950s and 1960s, the characters, including Gordon and Percy, inspired cardboard models and toy sets, and in the 1980s the animated television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends was ...

He'll be joining the iconic characters Percy - the saddle tank engine, Gordon - the big blue tender engine and of course, the legendary Thomas himself. Read and watch more on autism.

Little, white me was addicted to Thomas the Tank Engine as a 4-year-old. My family lived a block from a real-life train station, but those trains didn't talk, or have names like Gordon, Percy ...

It's been 65 years since Thomas the Tank Engine first chugged into the hearts of young readers in 1945. Thomas started out as "Edward the Blue Engine" -- star of the many stories the Rev. Wilbert ...

Thomas the Tank Engine gets multicultural makeover. Move over Fat Controller! ... Gordon, James and Emily, they will be joined by new characters Nia and Rebecca to balance the gender divide.