Episodes
1. Missing Whistles
Mr. Conductor loses his whistle and can't find it.
Stories:
- Bulls Eyes
- Train Stops Play
- Percy's Ghostly Trick (Ghost Train)
- Thomas, Percy and the Dragon
- Special Funnel
- Really Useful Engine [music video]
2. Wildlife
Mr. Conductor has trouble with some animals in the forest.
Stories:
- Four Little Engines
- Trouble for Thomas (Thomas and the Trucks)
- Toad Stands By
- Thomas Saves the Day (Thomas and the Breakdown Train)
- Rusty Helps Peter Sam (Trucks)
- Toby [music video]
3. Wish You Were Here
Late one night, Mr. Conductor writes a letter to Kit Twofeathers, who is on a fishing trip with his Uncle Billy.
Stories:
- Thomas, Percy and the Mail Train (Thomas, Percy and the Post Train)
- Mind That Bike
- Home at Last
- Rock 'n' Roll
- Thomas and the Special Letter
- The Island Song [music video]
4. For the Birds
Following a nasty wind storm, Mr. Conductor wonders what he should do with the birds in preparation for a birdie concert.
Stories:
- A Bad Day for Sir Handel
- Steam Roller
- Old Iron
- Double Trouble (Thomas, Percy and the Coal)
- Bowled Out
- Don't Judge a Book By its Cover [music video]
5. Splish, Splash, Splosh
Mr. Conductor has trouble handling 40 train tickets.
Stories:
- Passengers and Polish
- Gallant Old Engine
- Bertie's Chase
- Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady
- You Can't Win
- Gone Fishing [music video]
6. Paint the Town Red
Mr. Conductor repaints his switch house door.
Stories:
- Come Out, Henry! (The Sad Story of Henry)
- Fish
- Whistles and Sneezes
- Henry and the Elephant
- Bulldog
- Let's Have a Race [music video]
Thomas & Friends is a British television series. Based on The Railway Series of books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher, English writer and producer Britt Allcroft arranged a deal to bring the stories to life as the TV series. In the United Kingdom, it had its first broadcast on the ITV network in October 1984. In the United States, it had its first broadcast on Shining Time Station in 1989. The main series aired from October 9, 1984 to January 20, 2021.
Shining Time Station is an American children's television series jointly created by British television producer Britt Allcroft and American television producer Rick Siggelkow. The series was produced by The Britt Allcroft Company and Quality Family Entertainment in New York City for New York City's PBS station WNET, and was originally taped in New York City during its first season and in Toronto during the rest of its run. It incorporated sequences from the British television show Thomas & Friends, which was in turn based on the books of The Railway Series written by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry. The series aired on PBS from January 29, 1989 until June 11, 1993, with four hour-long "Family Specials" premiering in primetime throughout 1995. Reruns continued to air on PBS until June 11, 1998. It aired on Fox Family from 1998 to 1999. It also aired on Nick Jr. in the summer of 2000 and on Canadian television networks such as APTN and SCN. Elements from the show were incorporated into the 2000 Thomas and Friends film Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
Britt Allcroft is a British film, television and live theatre producer, writer, director and voice actress. She is the creator of the children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, Shining Time Station, Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales and Magic Adventures of Mumfie. She wrote, co-produced and directed the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000).
Thomas and the Magic Railroad is a 2000 British-American fantasy adventure film written, produced and directed by Britt Allcroft. The film stars Alec Baldwin as Mr. Conductor, Peter Fonda, Mara Wilson, Didi Conn, Russell Means, Cody McMains, Michael E. Rodgers, and the voices of Eddie Glen and Neil Crone. The film is based on the British children's book series The Railway Series by The Rev. W. Awdry, its televised adaptation Thomas & Friends, and the American television series Shining Time Station by Allcroft and Rick Siggelkow. The film tells the story of Lily Stone (Wilson), the granddaughter of the caretaker (Fonda) of an enchanted steam engine who is lacking an appropriate supply of coal, and Mr. Conductor (Baldwin) of Shining Time Station, whose provisions of magical gold dust are at a critical low. To ameliorate these problems, Lily and Mr. Conductor enlist the help of Thomas (Glen), who confronts the ruthless, steam engine-hating Diesel 10 (Crone) along the way.
Sir Topham Hatt, also known as The Fat Controller, is a fictional character in The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry. In the first two books in the series he is known as The Fat Director, and as of the third book he becomes The Fat Controller, as the railway has been nationalised. Sir Topham Hatt's full name is revealed in the foreword to the 1951 book Henry the Green Engine.
James the Red Engine is a fictional anthropomorphic tender locomotive from The Railway Series children's books by the Reverend Awdry and the TV series adaptation Thomas & Friends. He is a mixed-traffic engine, which means he is just as capable of pulling coaches and trucks. He has a 2-6-0 ("Mogul") wheel arrangement and is engine number 5 on the North Western Railway, The Fat Controller's railway on the Island of Sodor.
Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry.
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry. It was produced by Clearwater Features Ltd. for Britt Allcroft (Thomas) Ltd.
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry.
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry.
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry.
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The Railway Stories are a series of audio adaptations of The Railway Series books by the Rev. W Awdry and his son Christopher.
In ghostlore, a ghost train is a phantom vehicle in the form of a locomotive or train.
Thomas & Friends merchandise has been produced to capitalize on the success of the television series Thomas & Friends. Whilst merchandise was produced alongside due to the popularity of the first of The Railway Series books by the Rev. W. Awdry since 1945, and the original broadcast of the television series in 1984 in the United Kingdom, large numbers of manufacturers have sought to produce Thomas-branded items after the television series was broadcast in America and Japan.
Thomas the Tank Engine is a British anthropomorphised fictional steam locomotive in The Railway Series books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher, published from 1945. He became the most popular and famous character in the series, and is the titular protagonist in the accompanying television spin-off series Thomas & Friends.
Thomas & Friends: The Great Race is a 2016 CGI animated musical Thomas & Friends film, produced by HIT Entertainment with animation from Arc Productions.
