Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, has died aged 81. In the 1970s, the TV producer secured the rights to adapt the Reverend Wilbert Awdry’s ...

It’s the end of the line for a cherished Southwestern Ontario tradition stretching back 15 years. There will be no day out with Thomas the Tank Engine this summer in St. Thomas, the railway city.

Thomas the Tank Engine is pulling into a heritage railway for a special 80th birthday celebration. The Watercress Line will host the Day Out With Thomas event from August 5 to 10, marking eight ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, has died. The pioneering TV producer played a crucial role in adapting Reverend Wilbert Awdry's Railway Series into the beloved ...

Thomas appeared in the second of the “Railway Series” books in 1946 and became the most popular character. Thomas the Tank Engine.

Thomas the Tank Engine was created in the 1940s by author Rev. V. Awdry and his son Christopher in The Railway Series. It was adapted to the screen as Thomas & Friends by the award-winning ...

Born in the small seaside town of Worthing, England, Allcroft made a name for herself when she adapted the iconic locomotive, Thomas the Tank Engine, into a television series. The producer entered ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the “Thomas the Tank Engine” series, has died. She was 81. Filmmaker Brannon Carty shared the news of Allcroft’s death on Instagram on Friday, Jan. 3.

The series aired as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends from 1984 until 2021. Allcroft’s family remembered her as an “adoring mother and wife and visionary producer” in an emotional statement.