Thomas the Tank Engine is coming to the N.C Transportation Museum in nearby Spencer and is celebrating 80 years of Thomas and Friends. “Day Out With Thomas: The Party Tour” will stop at the ...

Thomas the Tank Engine will be back at the N.C. Transportation Museum. File photo SPENCER — Thomas the Tank Engine is coming to the N.C. Transportation Museum from Sept. 23-25 and Sept. 30-Oct. 2.

Thomas started out as a character in a series of books dating back to the 1940s by Rev. Wilbert Awdry, an English Anglican minister and train enthusiast. Awdry's The Railway Series revolved around a ...

Historic England is to unveil a national blue plaque at the former home of Thomas the Tank Engine creator Reverend Wilbert Awdry ... Rev Awdry was born in June 1911 in the small village of Ampfield, ...