The Reading Public Museum hosted over 200 young fans of Thomas the Tank Engine for a meet and greet with Sir Topham Hatt, the famous conductor that appears in many episodes of the television series ...

On the 70th anniversary of the books that spawned Thomas The Tank Engine, NPR's Elizabeth Blair considers the economic model of Thomas's home... Just How Do 'Thomas & Friends' Drive Sodor's Economy?

Thomas the Tank Engine fans have reportedly been banned from saying 'The Fat Controller' because it has been labelled as a 'slur'. A family day out at the Watercress Line railway in Hampshire took an ...

The Fat Controller was first named in the Thomas books in 1946, almost 80 years ago. Today, a television adaptation of the popular series is watched in as many as 110 countries. In what a member of ...

For more than six decades, children have been captivated by the tales of Thomas the Tank Engine. The train is pulling out of the station and coming to North Carolina for the Day Out with Thomas All ...

Thomas the Tank Engine fans have been told not to refer to The Fat Controller. A tourist attraction has reportedly told fans not to use the moniker - and instead use his real name, Sir Topham Hatt.

Age: Marital Status: Hometown: Education: Britain's railroading billionaire boasts the world's largest collection of vintage steam engines, which are the main mode of transport on Sodor, the island ...

On the surface, Charlotte — a fast-growing, finance-powered, landlocked metropolitan region — might appear to have little in common with Sodor, a fictional island off the coast of England with a coal- ...

Thomas the Tank Engine will roll into Billings for the Day Out With Thomas 2009: The Hero of the Rails Tour. The event, which takes place July 10-12 at the Billings Depot, 2310 Montana Ave., will be ...

Happy Sunday morning, Geekdads. With any luck, you've been able to sleep in a little later than usual today – perhaps because the kids are plunked down and watching their favorite video again for the ...

Some time ago I casually expressed on the Internet my desire to write a Marxist critique of that most loathsome of children's entertainment programs, "Thomas the Tank Engine." It is not that I am a ...