To mark Thomas the Tank Engine’s 75th anniversary, Prince Harry is introducing a new story about the impish train. To celebrate, here are 75 facts about the lovable locomotive.
1. Thomas was created by Rev Wilbert Awdry when his son Christopher was suffering from measles and asked him for stories. 2.
In Christmas that same year, Awdry made a toy tank engine called Thomas, for Christopher. 3. Christopher kept correcting his father during his frequent retellings so Rev Awdry decided it was time to commit the stories to print.
4. Rev Awdry was a lifelong train lover. He said: “I inherited my father’s love of railways. I used to lie in bed at night, listening to the engines struggling up the hill...
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