Thomas the Tank Engine creator Britt Allcroft dies at 81 as family pays tribute - Allcroft spent years raising the money to ...
The TV producer was behind bringing the beloved children's series to life in the 1970s after securing the rights to adapt ...
Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, has died aged 81.
The beloved blue locomotive was first imagined in the 1940s — he starred in stories Rev. Wilbert Awdry told his son. Allcroft adapted Awdry's The Railway Series into Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends.