May 23—BLOWING ROCK — All aboard! Thomas the Tank Engine, everyone's favorite blue engine, is heading to Tweetsie Railroad and bringing a colorful new spin to Day Out With Thomas events.

Day Out With Thomas: The Party Tour will stop at the SAM Shortline Railroad on June 7 ... a train ride with a life-sized Thomas the Tank Engine and access to a full day of activities for all ...

Thomas the Tank Engine was created by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry in a series of 1940s children's books ... Allcroft later wrote, ...

For 30 years, the steam engine has visited Strasburg Rail Road in Lancaster County, offering rides to adoring fans. He's back ...

DULUTH — Thomas the Tank Engine is returning to the Northland ... annual visit has been a major draw at the North Shore Scenic Railroad, with as many as 22,000 people a year participating ...

Britt Allcroft, the producer who adapted Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends for television ... the 2000 feature adaptation Thomas and the Magic Railroad, which premiered in theaters with a star ...

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. Thomas, the talking little blue engine, is in Baltimore ...

By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Britt Allcroft, the British writer, director and producer who steered the animated locomotive Thomas the Tank Engine ... Thomas and the Magic Railroad.

She eventually secured the rights to the “Railway Series” books from which the character Thomas the Tank Engine was adapted ... feature “Thomas and the Magic Railroad” and voiced the ...

Ms. Allcroft was the driving force behind bringing Thomas the Tank Engine ... the big screen with the 2000 film “Thomas and the Magic Railroad.” A separate, animated version of the series ...