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

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

Awdry's Railway Series books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine. After forming the Britt Allcroft Company with her husband, fellow TV producer Angus Wright, she spent four years raising the ...