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 ...

A special guest has arrived in Baltimore for a big birthday party at the B&O Railroad Museum as "Thomas the Tank Engine" turns 80 years old. Skip to content. NOWCAST WBAL-TV 11 News at Noon.