The Jubilee Bridge at Barrow in Furness actually goes there, he and his brother George wrote in their 1987 book The Island of Sodor. However, ordinary maps say it goes only to Walney Island.

Mayor Rob Ford took a couple hours out of his schedule today to swing by the city-owned Sony Centre for Arts this afternoon, not only to take in Thomas Saves the Day, a Thomas-the-Tank-Engine show ...

On the 70th anniversary of the books that spawned Thomas The Tank Engine, NPR's Elizabeth Blair considers the economic model of Thomas's home island of Sodor, and its elaborate railway system.

In contrast to the usual centres of culture and learning, Oxford has been twinned with the home of Thomas the Tank Engine – the Island of Sodor.

Oxford is to be ‘twinned’ with the Island of Sodor – the home of Thomas the Tank Engine – having been recognised as the UK’s friendliest city when it topped the newly created Thomas ...