One Christmas, the Rev. Awdry made a model of the engines named Thomas and Edward. In 1945, the Rev. Awrdy’s wife urged him to write a book. That book, “The Three Railway Engines” sold ...

The series aired as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends from 1984 until 2021. Allcroft’s family remembered her as an “adoring ...

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 ...

Interestingly, this early collection contained stories about the sad engine, Edward, and about Gordon and Henry, but Thomas didn't appear in print until Wilbert's second book, in 1946.

The Thomas the Tank Engine universe was the brainchild of an Anglican minister, the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, who in 1942 began spinning stories about trains to amuse his son Christopher, who had ...

Henry and Edward are making way for Rebecca and Nia, the first African engine who was developed with help from the United Nations. “Thomas & Friends: Big World!

Thomas the Tank Engine, Trevor and Edward in ‘Thomas & Friends’ (ITV/Shutterstock) Series four (1994) saw the introduction of female characters from Awdry’s books, including motorcar ...