Britt Allcroft, the creator of the “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” series, has died at age 81, filmmaker Brannon Carty announced on X. Allcroft was most known for producing popular children ...

For Drew Benjamin the whole thing started with Thomas the Tank Engine. The loquacious locomotive, introduced by British ...

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

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 ...

Britt Allcroft, creator of the beloved Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends children's TV series, has died. The British-born producer died last week in Santa Monica at 81. Thomas started out as a ...

Allcroft was responsible for bringing the Reverend Wilbert Awdry's books 'The Railway Series' to British TV with the children's show 'Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends' later re-titled to 'Thomas ...

The Rev. Wilbert Awdry drew inspiration for Thomas the Tank Engine from a wooden toy he manufactured for his son and used it in a series of children's books published in the 1940s. Allcroft's ...

Along the way, Thomas also got some help from the Tkachuk brothers, who had moved to Aurora to train with former NHL ... the Blackhawks in the Winter Classic at Wrigley Field on Dec. 31.

Britt Allcroft, the creative force behind the beloved Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends television series, has passed away at the age of 81. Her daughter, Holly Wright, confirmed that Allcroft ...

The Blackhawks are 0-4 in the Winter Classic (2009, 2015, 2017 and 2019) and 1-1 in Stadium Series games ... Blackhawks players took the train to the game. They honored Chicago first responders ...

Written and directed by Robert Eggers this retelling of a classic horror story is guaranteed ... has been quite busy lately with films like Bullet Train, The Fall Guy, Kraven the Hunter, and ...

In 2003, the Railroad Tycoon series stepped into the modern age ... It’s relatively rare to see new train games in the classic Tycoon style, and Railway Empire’s additions to the formula ...