Christopher Awdry's father created the iconic Thomas the Tank Engine series in the 1940s when he was a young boy.

A Welsh railway where the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine volunteered as a guard is celebrating 75 years since becoming a world first. In 1951, the Talyllyn Railway in Gwynedd became the first ...

The boy who inspired his father to write Thomas the Tank Engine eight decades ago has recalled his earliest memories of the books being written. Christopher Awdry, who is now 85 and lives in Poole, ...

She discovered the character in a series of 1940s children’s books and thought Ringo Starr would make a great Mr. Conductor on television. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Britt Allcroft, the British ...