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 ...

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 ...

There is something rotten on the Island of Sodor, home to Thomas the Tank Engine. Viewers won’t find guns, violence, or anything even approaching a double-entendre. There’s none of the blatant racism ...

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 ...