Magazines

There have been several magazines printed after the Railway Series, just like the annuals. There have been characters and stories added that have only been exclusive to these magazines.

=Early 1990s= During the early 1990s, there were seasonal magazines released during the spring, summer, autumn and winter. The stories are listed below:
 * "A Special Treat for Thomas" - Thomas gets far too much work.
 * "Keeping Time" - The Fat Controller is cross with Thomas being late.
 * "BoCo and the Trucks" - The trucks cause havoc for BoCo.
 * "Thomas and Trevor (magazine story)" - Trevor wants a new coat of paint.
 * "Daisy in Distress" - Daisy learns that trucks are really useful.
 * "Runaway Trucks" - Percy and Edward have a race to the harbour.
 * "Thomas, Daisy and the Watermill" - A power cut puts an old watermill back in action.
 * "Trevor's Big Day" - The Sodor Museum faces closure.
 * "Percy and Terence" - Gordon teases Percy for being small.
 * "Stick with Steam" - The steam engines and diesels have an argument.
 * "Henry goes Round" - Henry goes for a spin on the turntable.
 * "Percy's Plight" - Percy experiences a brake malfunction.
 * "The Lighthouse Light" - Thomas goes to collect a new lightbulb.
 * "Picnic Surprise" - Thomas takes children to the seaside.
 * "Thomas Blew his Whistle" - Thomas helps out at the farm.
 * "Lost and Found" - A present for Lady Hatt goes missing.
 * "A Job for James" - James boasts about taking passengers.
 * "Lazy Wheels" - Some faulty points delay Thomas and James.
 * "Toby's Visitors" - Daisy brings Toby's visitors to the quarry.
 * "Railway Open Day" - The public get to see the Fat Controller's engines.
 * "Percy's Spooky Tooth" - Percy thinks that there is a ghost in the yard.
 * "Harold and the Broken Tree" - Harold proves his worth to Henry.
 * "So Much to See" - The engines find some new attractions.
 * "Squeaky Wheels" - Duck's wheels need some oil.
 * "Thomas and the New Wheel" - One of Thomas' wheels gets damaged.
 * "Behind Schedule" - A troublesome goat delays Thomas and Percy.
 * "Thomas and the Pigeon" - Thomas sees a pigeon race.
 * "Looking Splendid" - James and Gordon boast that they are more splendid than Thomas.

=Late 1990s= During the late 1990s, there was a special layout for the magazines, as shown below:
 * 1) 5-page story (may feature character[s] on the front cover)
 * 2) 2-page story (with two illustrations)
 * 3) "Read-and Colour" story (ranging from four to six pictures)
 * 4a) "All About . . . " (character profile, plus competition for an ERTL model)
 * 4b) Story from the television series, plus competition for an ERTL model.
 * 5) 3-page story featuring Stephen Hatt and Bridget Hatt as the main characters. These were a spin-off called "The Hatt Family".
 * 6) 5-page story (may feature character[s] on the front cover)

The Hatt Family

 * "Toy Trains" - When the Fat Controller flies aboard Harold to redraw the railway map, Stephen and Bridget see the engines from a different point of view.
 * "Doctors and Nurses" - Some naughty trucks cause trouble for James.
 * "The Flower Dome" - James' old dome is put to good use.
 * "The Daisy Chain" - After shopping with Lady Hatt, Stephen and Bridget see Thomas and decide that he deserves a present too.
 * "Retirement Time" - Henry's driver is retiring from the Fat Controller's Railway.
 * "The Brown Bear" - Thomas jumps to the conclusion that Stephen and Bridget have the big brown bear with them.
 * "Daisy and the Fish" - Stephen and Bridget go to the Harbour.
 * "Harvest Time" - Trevor helps out with the Harvest.
 * "Dressing Up" - Are the Fat Contoller and the Stationmaster really leaving?
 * "The Christmas Sacks" - Thomas and Percy want presents in their coal sacks, but Diesel thinks they are silly.
 * "Lights On" - Stephen and Bridget learn about the variety of lights.
 * "A Hole in One" - The Fat Controller proves that he is good at golf.
 * "Trusty Thomas" - Thomas thinks Stephen and Bridget aren't his friends anymore.
 * "The Easter Cake" - Lady Hatt needs to make a cake for the annual engine crew's meeting.
 * "A Friend's Party" - The Fat Controller's afternoon off doesn't go according to plan.
 * "Keeping Dry" - The heavy rain gets the better of Thomas as well as the Hatt family.
 * "Misbehaving" - Some troublesome trucks make Stephen and Bridget cross.
 * "Puzzles" - Stephen and Bridget's visit to the Workshops give them a surprise.
 * "Station Mystery" - The Fat Controller is feeling upset.

=Late 1990s/early 2000s= The stories in the magazines are often exclusively found in the magazines. Some examples are:
 * "An Old Friend" - Annie and Clarabel are upset that one of their friends is going to be scrapped.
 * "Special Bus Service (magazine story)" - A big red bus boasts that he is better than Bertie.
 * "The Best Bus" - Thomas and Bertie meet a new face to the roads.
 * "The Cloud Factory" - Gordon tells Percy that he is a small engine.
 * "The Dodgems" - Percy takes the dodgems to the funfair.
 * "The Magic Spell" - Skarloey thinks that BoCo's story about wizards is true.
 * "Think pink"
 * "Thomas and the Tram Car" - Thomas tries to put a horse and a tramcar to good use.
 * "Clever Carriages" - Annie and Clarabel decide what to do with a vandalized station.
 * "The Unlucky Engine" - Bad luck strikes when 13 comes to help Donald and Douglas.
 * "The Posh Coaches (magazine story)" - Some stubborn coaches come to Sodor.

There are also other stories which did not introduce characters:


 * "The Great Air Race" - Harold and Tiger Moth have a race.
 * "Size Wise" - James teases Skarloey for being small.
 * "Oliver's Mistake" - Oliver thinks he saw giraffes at the Docks.
 * "Double Trouble (magazine story)" - Donald and Douglas fall out.
 * "Bulgy's Dream" - Bulgy is smiling whilst asleep.
 * "Night Lights" - Thomas takes children on a night train.
 * "April Fools" - Bill and Ben play tricks on the other engines.
 * "Keeping Dry" - BoCo stays in the shed.
 * "The Flower Train" - Sir Handel teases James for taking flowers to market.
 * "Showing Off" - Diesel wants to do the demonstration all by himself.
 * "Silly Skarloey" - Skarloey proves that he isn't a silly little engine.
 * "Rock 'n' Roll Rescue" - Duncan's carelessness proves to be useful.
 * "The Cliff Railway" - The Skarloey Engines are worried about a new section of line.
 * "Grumpy George" - George flattens and smashes things.
 * "Trevor's Dream" - Trevor takes part in a village fete.
 * "The Colourful Engine" - Skarloey gets covered in splashes of paint.
 * "The Great Statue Robbery" - Some crooks steal Thomas and his train.
 * "The Great Race" - Toad wants to carry passengers.
 * "Who's There?" - Peter Sam thinks that there is another engine somewhere in the fog.
 * "Special Passengers" - James gets so conceited that he tells Oliver, Duck and Thomas to stay away from him.
 * "Sodor Rock" - Gordon gets a surprise when he arrives at the Quarry.
 * "The Flying Broomstick" - Halloween comes to Sodor.
 * "Skarloey and Santa" - Sir Handel doesn't believe in Santa.
 * "The UFO" - Percy is unsure about what he saw in the sky.
 * "The Trainspotters" - Percy takes two children to the airfield.
 * "Thomas the Magician" - Thomas gets worried when his trucks and the breakdown crane disappear.
 * "A Grumpy Christmas" - George causes havoc whilst on the snowy roads.
 * "Rusty and the Cheeky Boys" - Rusty gets teased by some schoolboys.
 * "That Caps it All" - Gordon's guard has a problem with his cap.
 * "James and Edward" - James doesn't like working in the rain.
 * "The Strongest" - Gordon tries to do what George can do.
 * "Twin Trouble (magazine story)" - Both pairs of twin engines finally meet each other.
 * "The Smugglers" - Duck is puzzled about a boat covered in leaves.
 * "I Spy with my Little Eye" - There is more play and less work amongst the engines.
 * "James and the Cheese" - James is less than impressed to be taking cheese to market.
 * "Whirly and Windy" - Oliver gets too hot.
 * "The Balloon Race" - The Wellsworth Cub Scouts have a balloon race.
 * "A Puzzle for Percy" - Percy has a top-secret job.
 * "The Greenhouse Bus" - Bulgy is bored at being a henhouse.
 * "James' Hotel" - James breaks down outside a hotel.
 * "The Runaway Percy" - Percy is afraid of being scrapped.
 * "The Scarecrow Competition" - The farmer needs help.
 * "Duck meets Duck" - Duck has a duck friend.
 * "Rhyming Engines" - Rhymes are made amongst the engines.
 * "Tunnel Trouble" - Scruffey pretends to be ill.
 * "Trevor's Present" - Thomas discovers that Trevor is lonely.
 * "Special Places" - Thomas helps the other engines feel special.
 * "Pink Cows" - Percy thinks that strawberry milk comes from pink cows.
 * "Flag Day" - Thomas and Bertie have a race with a difference.
 * "Percy and the Trucks" - Percy learns the hard way not to listen to Diesel.
 * "Bulstrode the Engine" - Bulstrode's dream to take passengers comes true.
 * "There and Back" - Thomas breaks down at the starting line.
 * "Special Treats" - Engines learn what "special treats" really means.
 * "The Mystery Tour" - Bertie goes the wrong way.
 * "The Blue Engine Club" - Thomas, Edward and Gordon form their own club.
 * "Percy's Stories" - Percy tells very silly stories to the other engines.

=Fun to Learn with Thomas the Tank Engine= There was also a magazine series called "Fun to Learn with Thomas the Tank Engine". They had stories, mathematics, picture questions and poems, as well as pictures from the television series.

Stories
 * "The Best Engine" - The engines are in competition about that the higher the number, the better they are.
 * "Percy's House" - Percy gets the goods trains whilst James takes the passengers.
 * "Diesel Becomes a Coach" - Diesel's breakdown makes him part of Thomas' train of coaches.
 * "Diesel Causes Delay" - Diesel puts the trucks in the wrong places.
 * "Diesel's Nasty Turn" - Diesel thinks that only steam engines are careless with the turntable.
 * "The Lost Parcel" - A parcel amongst Percy's post train goes missing.
 * "The Big Ship" - The engines have a very busy Sunday.
 * "Duncan has a Spill" - Duncan ignores Duke's warnings.
 * "The Very Important Job" - Donald and Douglas play a trick on James.
 * "Gordon and Edward" - Gordon learns that Edward is Really Useful.
 * "Thomas and the New Bridge" - The old iron bridge is too weak to take Thomas' weight.
 * "Too Much Luggage" - Thomas's guard has a very busy time at the station.
 * "Henry's Secret" - Henry refuses to leave the shed.
 * "Edward's Scarecrow" - Edward gets a scarecrow.
 * "Timetable Trouble" - Gordon decides to work without a timetable.
 * "Percy Saves the Day" - Percy proves his worth to Diesel.
 * "Bricks and Tunnels" - James delivers bricks to an old tunnel.
 * "The Old Bridge (magazine story)" - Thomas and Gordon get covered in brick dust from an old bridge.
 * "Tired Engines" - The engines complain how tired they are.
 * "Gordon the Town Engine" - Gordon gets a surprise on his journey.

Poems/Mini-Stories
 * "Numbers" - Troublesome Trucks
 * "Houses and Homes" - Edward
 * "Turntables" - Sir Handel
 * "Harbours" - James and Henry
 * "Pulling and Pushing" - Culdee

=Present=
 * Welcome page with map of railway yard
 * "All about . . . " (character profile)
 * Spotting page
 * Drawing page
 * "Missing Piece"
 * Story from the television series
 * 2-page story
 * Poster with three images
 * Bedtime story
 * "Spot the Differences"
 * Colouring page
 * "World of Thomas"
 * "All aboard the Thomas Fan Club"
 * Sodor Quiz

=Introduced characters=


 * 13
 * Angus
 * Annie and Clarabel's old friend
 * Bennett and Co.
 * "Carols on Wheels"
 * Little Barford
 * The open-topped omnibus
 * Sidney
 * Silver
 * The special bus service
 * The animal sanctuary coach
 * The icecream van
 * The naughty pink truck
 * The old tram car
 * The posh coaches
 * The station coach
 * The white van
 * Victor