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 ...

after Britt obtained the rights to adapt Reverand Wilbert Awdry's Railway Series books in the 1980s, before being renamed Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. Britt had the helping hand of her then ...