The beloved blue locomotive was first imagined in the 1940s — he starred in stories Rev. Wilbert Awdry told his son. Allcroft adapted Awdry's... Britt Allcroft, who brought Thomas the Tank Engine to ...

A blue plaque will be unveiled at the former home of Thomas the Tank Engine creator Reverend Wilbert Awdry later. The ceremony marks 80 years since the first of the classic Thomas & Friends books was ...

Did you know that Thomas the Tank Engine is 80 years old? Yes, rail-y! The famous engine was originally created by Reverend Wilbert Awdry, whose Thomas & Friends books then became a TV series. So to ...

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 ...

Thomas started out as a character in a series of books dating back to the 1940s by Rev. Wilbert Awdry, an English Anglican minister and train enthusiast. Awdry's The Railway Series revolved around a ...