Thomas the Tank Engine author honoured with plaque

A blue plaque will be unveiled at the former home of Thomas the Tank Engine creator Reverend Wilbert Awdry later. The ...
New York Post

‘Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends’ series creator Britt Allcroft dead at 81

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” series, has died at age 81, filmmaker Brannon Carty announced on X. Allcroft was most known for producing popular children’s shows ...
Variety

Britt Allcroft, Producer Who Adapted ‘Thomas the Tank Engine’ for TV, Dies at 81

Britt Allcroft, a British television producer and writer who helped to develop “Thomas & Friends” based on “The Railway Series” books and its characters including Thomas the Tank Engine, died on Dec.
BBC

Events celebrate 80 years of Thomas the Tank Engine

Thomas the Tank Engine began as a series of books written by Reverend Wilbert Awdry A line-up of railway-themed events to celebrate 80 years of Thomas the Tank Engine are under way in Gloucestershire.
WBAL-TV

'Thomas the Tank Engine' coming to B&O Railroad Museum to celebrate his 80th birthday

BIG CELEBRATION. I JUST COULDN’T WAIT TO JOIN YOU HERE TODAY. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A TOTALLY AWESOME ADVENTURE. THOMAS, THE TALKING LITTLE BLUE ENGINE IS IN BALTIMORE HERE AT THE RAILROAD MUSEUM’S ...
Smithsonian Magazine

You Can Now Watch the Long-Lost Thomas the Tank Engine Pilot Episode for the First Time Ever

The 35-millimeter film flickers. An arm descending from the blue sky holds a clapboard over a quaint railway station, where custom-made train models with expressive human faces wait for action. The ...