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.

With commemorations already underway for America’s 250th birthday, Washington County historians are looking to draw some of ...

Britt Allcroft, Creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, Passes Away at 81 Britt Allcroft, the creative genius behind the beloved ...

Volunteers at the Corris Railway have started the 10-year overhaul of steam locomotive No. 7, a replica of Talyllyn Railway ...

Revolting against his fame, Dylan has often misled the press, wound up his fans, and pranked artists – even getting the ...

Gympie, known as the ‘Town that Saved Queensland’, has a long and rich history. Its goldmining boom in the late 1800s not ...

One of Liverpool's most loved TV shows first came to our screens over 40 years ago. Alan Bleasdale’s series Boys From The ...

Writer and musician Emma John travels south to find the beat—and birthplace—of a special kind of Mississippi music.

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Thank goodness for me, Thomas G. Pullen Elementary School had ... It's an honor (and a lot of fun) to help train the next crop of journalists. I couldn't be happier to call the Bay Area home ...

She adapted the children’s book series to TV, creating a lasting cultural behemoth that spawned movies, merchandise and theme ...