The Kansas Children’s Discovery Center has opened the national traveling exhibit, “Thomas and Friends: Explore the Rails,” based on the beloved Thomas the Train.

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Britt Allcroft, best known for her television series 'Thomas the Tank Engine', has died at the age of 81 in Los Angeles.

The beloved blue locomotive was first imagined in the 1940s — he starred in stories Rev. Wilbert Awdry told his son. Allcroft adapted Awdry's The Railway Series into Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends.

LOS ANGELES — Britt Allcroft, the woman who created Thomas the Tank Engine, has died. She was 81. Filmmaker Brannon Carty ...

Britt Allcroft, a British television producer and writer who helped to develop “Thomas & Friends” based on “The Railway Series” books and its characters including Thomas the Tank Engine ...

She discovered the character in a series of 1940s children ... director and producer who steered the animated locomotive Thomas the Tank Engine to television 40 years ago en route to launching ...

Falling in love with the characters, she brought the book ... Rodgers pose in front of a Thomas the Tank Engine in London’s Leicester Square. (William Conran/PA Images via Getty Images) The ...

The TV producer was behind bringing the beloved children's series to life in the 1970s after securing the rights to adapt Reverend Wilbert Awdry’s Railway Series ...

Britt Allcroft, who co-created the beloved "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" children's ... spawning many spinoffs. The character of "Thomas the Tank" became popularized in the United States ...

Britt Allcroft, who co-created the beloved "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" children's series, has died. She was 81.