Thomas

Thomas is a blue tank engine who lives and works on the Island of Sodor and is the North Western Railway's number 1 engine. Did you know? Thomas is based on the London Brighton and South Coast Railway 0-6-0 E2 with extended side tanks.

Eras

Thomas
(The Railway Series)
(1945-2011)

Thomas
(Thomas & Friends)
(1984-2021)

Thomas
(All Engines Go)
(2021-2025)

For further uses, see below:

Characters

Thomas & Friends

Little Thomas
(a child named after the tank engine)

Thomas the Piglet
(a piglet named after the tank engine)

Thomas the Crocodile (a crocodile named after the tank engine)

Magazine Stories

Tom
(a sailor)

Thomas the Tiger
(a tiger cub named after the tank engine)

Books

The Railway Series

Thomas the Tank Engine
(The Railway Series No. 2,
first published in 1946)

Thomas and His Friends
(The Railway Series No. 42,
first published in 2011)

Miscellaneous

Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends (1985 St. Michael book)

Thomas the Really Useful Engine
(1999 Random House book)

Thomas the Tank Engine
(1999 Random House "Press My Nose" board book)

Thomas
(2000 Great Big Board Book)

Thomas and His Friends
(2000 My First Thomas book)

Thomas the Really Useful Engine
(2002 LeapPad book)

Thomas
(2003 My Thomas Story Library book)

Thomas the Really Useful Engine
(2014 My First Railway Library book)

Thomas, The Really Useful Engine
(2015 Sodor Island Publishing book)

Thomas
(2016 Engine Adventures book)

Thomas!
(2020 Random House board book)

Television Series

Thomas the Tank Engine
(1976 proposed animated series pilot)

Thomas & Friends
(1984-2021 television series)

Home Video Releases

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (Cassette 1)
(1985 UK Betamax/VHS)

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1986 UK VHS)

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1987 Australian VHS)

Thomas the Tank Engine
(1988 UK VHS)

Thomas & Friends
(2009 French DVD)

Thomas & Friends
(2014 German DVD tin)

Thomas & Friends
(2015 German DVD tin)

Thomas & Friends
(2016 German DVD tin)

Magazine Stories

Thomas
(1998 magazine story)

Video Games

Thomas the Tank Engine
& Friends (1984 Grandstand game)

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1990 game)

Thomas the Tank Engine
(1993 electronic memory game)

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (cancelled 1999 PS1 game)

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (2000 Japanese game)

Thomas & Friends
(2005 Japanese Tomy game)

Replicas

Thomas (Nene Valley Railway)

Thomas Jnr. (Beer Heights Light Railway)

Thomas (Shining Time Station replica)

Thomas (Mid Hants Railway)

Thomas (Strasburg Rail Road)

Thomas (Llangollen Railway)

See Also

• Hello, Thomas! (disambiguation)
• Tom Tipper

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