A rediscovered and restored version of the pilot episode of Thomas & Friends, the animated children's steam train series ...

Awdry, the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, was on to something in 1943 when he developed the smiling steam engine. It turns out that putting a human face on a cartoon train, bus or tram can ...

Thus, although the cartoon is useful in showing us how a popular view of the 'age of steam' might have been formed, it doesn't in any way give us factual information - as in many original sources ...

Long story short, 20 years on the film is so beloved that this year a special Polar Express steam train will be running from the most Christmassy place in London: Euston station. It’s ...