As the father of a toddler, I spend a lot of time watching Thomas the Tank Engine, a fact that led me to write an article earlier this year in which I tried to figure out how the economics of the ...

In the children's books, Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends live on an island called Sodor, in England, thousands of miles from here in the Bay Area. This weekend, however, the friendly blue ...

Trucks have been shunted and freight has been hauled for three-quarters of a century now, much to the delight of children around the world. Tuesday commemorates a milestone for one of the most beloved ...

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, Calif., at 81. Thomas started out as a ...