Thomas the Tank Engine has been steaming into town in Strasburg for years. Now the popular children's entertainer has a new friend joining the party. Strasburg will debut Percy, another train, at the ...

Thomas the Tank Engine and his green, agreeable friend Percy, will greet visitors when their “Day Out with Thomas: The Celebration Tour,’’ stops at the Strasburg Rail Road from Sept. 12 to 20. This ...

In this file photo from May 30, 2009, Ryan Steiner, 4, left, and his twin brothers Zach and Cole, 6, have their photograph taken by their father, Chad Steiner, of Overland Park, in front of Thomas the ...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — Thomas the Tank Engine has been an icon to many kids for 80 years. For 30 years, the steam engine has visited Strasburg Rail Road in Lancaster County, offering rides to adoring ...

All is not peachy on the Island of Sodor. Martin T. Sherman, the St. Petersburg native who has voiced the lovable engines Thomas the Tank Engine, Percy and Diesel for U.S. audiences, broke the news ...

The Island of Sodor is closer than you think. In fact, it’s in South Carver, Mass., about two hours away. If you know Thomas the Tank Engine, you know what we’re talking about. Thomas and his ...

As a young child, I never much cared for Thomas the Tank Engine, who struck me as creepy and coercive (though I believe the word I used at the time was “yucky.”) The book I adored was “The Three ...