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 ...

SIX passengers travelling on a Thomas the Tank Engine steam train were hurt when another train Gordon the engine crashed into the back of it on a private rail line, it emerged last night.

Just last night I was reading a Thomas the Tank engine story to my 2 year old daughter Vivian. She amazed me by pointing to the different trains on the pages and naming them. I mistakenly called ...

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.

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends ran for 24 series until January 2021 with a total of 584 episodes. Allcroft stepped down as executive producer in the early 2000s.

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 ...

The Steam Team is now gender-balanced, with three male and three female characters: Percy, James, Gordon, Emily and new members Nia and Rebecca, as well as Thomas.

Thomas the Tank Engine has made some gender-balanced and multi-cultural new friends following a politically correct revamp. The UN backed new series of the animated show will be screened on ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, has died. The pioneering TV producer played a crucial role in adapting Reverend Wilbert Awdry's Railway Series into the beloved ...

Thomas the Tank Engine is adding a number of new friends to his rail yard, including an Australian train by the name of Shane, who will feature in the franchise's next animated movie.