As a young autistic kid growing up, Thomas the Tank Engine stories by the Rev W Awdry, and later, his son Christopher, were ...

The beloved blue locomotive was first imagined in the 1940s — he starred in stories Rev. Wilbert Awdry told his son. Allcroft ...

She discovered the character in a series of 1940s children's books and thought Ringo Starr would make a great Mr. Conductor ...