The event is marking eight decades of the beloved children’s character with steam train rides, entertainment, and family-friendly activities.

Thomas the Tank Engine is traveling around the U.S. and Canada in the Big Adventures Tour 2021. Spend a day with stars of the popular "Thomas & Friends" at Illinois Railway Museum in Union July 10-18.

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.

RC2 Corp., which sells Thomas the Tank Engine toys, warned parents Wednesday to stop their children from using 1.5 million Thomas & Friends wooden railway vehicles and set components because their ...

Thomas the Tank Engine smiles during the Day Out with Thomas: Steam Team Tour 2019 event at the Southern California Railway Museum in Perris on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019.

11:55, 12 May 2025 Open weekends, this charming hidden railway delights kids with its Thomas the Tank Engine model (Image: Instagram/perthshiregardenrailway__) ...

The exhibit comes complete with different types of Thomas the Tank Engine-themed activities, stories and even a hay maze in addition to the permanent exhibits at the museum.

Rediscovered Thomas the Tank Engine Pilot Is Released The episode, from 1983, was found in storage by accident. It was restored and made available for viewing for the first time on Friday.

A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 9, 2025, Section B, Page 10 of the New York edition with the headline: Britt Allcroft, 81, the Force That Brought Thomas the Tank Engine to ...