You Can Now Watch the Long-Lost Thomas the Tank Engine Pilot Episode for the First Time Ever Created in 1983, the five-minute episode introduced the signature elements of “Thomas & Friends ...

Rediscovered Thomas the Tank Engine Pilot Is Released The episode, from 1983, was found in storage by accident. It was restored and made available for viewing for the first time on Friday.

Thomas, the talking little blue engine, is in Baltimore at the B&O Railroad Museum's Restoration Center for two weekends of family fun to celebrate his 80th birthday.

Why George Carlin Narrated Thomas the Tank Engine in the '90s George Carlin 's involvement in Shining Time Station as Mr. Conductor appealed to the children of his original audience. Carlin 's ability ...

Ringo was the first narrator for Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. He narrated the first and second series and played Mr. Conductor in the first series of Shining Time Station.

But even with his decidedly adult-comedy bent, Carlin never lost his childlike sense of mischief, even voicing kid-friendly projects like episodes of the TV show "Thomas the Tank Engine and ...

Britt Allcroft, the British writer, director and producer who steered the animated locomotive Thomas the Tank Engine to television, has died at 81.

Britt Allcroft, creator of the beloved Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends children's TV series, has died. The British-born producer died last week in Santa Monica, Calif., at 81.