Thomas the Tank Engine creator Britt Allcroft dies at 81 as family pays tribute - Allcroft spent years raising the money to ...

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

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 ...

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

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends ... James, Percy and Toby – as they worked each day on the railway under The Fat Controller.

In 1984, the series aired as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends ... James, Henry, Edward, Toby and Percy while working with The Fat Controller. Allcroft was remembered as an "adoring mother and ...

Thomas the Tank Engine creator Britt Allcroft has died aged ... Henry, Gordon, Edward, Toby, and Percy as they worked with The Fat Controller on the imaginary island of Sodor.