Hello! I'm Thomas, and I'm the number one blue engine! I work on Sir Topham Hatt's railway and everyday I make sure I'm a really useful engine!
Thomas' website audio[]
Hello, everyone! Today, I learned a very important lesson about...
Thomas' intro for Learn with Thomas[]
All aboard for a big adventure!
Thomas' intro for the Series 22 episodes[]
Trivia[]
Thomas was the first character in the Railway Series to have a number. According to Brian Sibley, Awdry used the number one because it was the easiest to draw.
Thomas was the first character introduced in the television series.
Christopher Awdry lost the original Thomas toy when he was in the United States. However, it was recreated in 2015 for a 70th-anniversary sizzle. The second version of the original toy was made as a thank you gift by Michael White.
Thomas' LBSC number, 70, was actually carried by a real LB&SCR locomotive, an A1 named "Poplar" currently preserved by the Kent & East Sussex Railway. The number also represents the 70th anniversary of the Railway Series.
According to Sir Topham Hatt on the 2001 Official Website, Thomas was given his name by the engine workshop which built him.
Thomas is one of the few characters to appear and speak in every series and special.
A Wooden Railway toy of Thomas along with one of Stepney's appeared in the second series of The Big Bang Theory in the thirteenth episode, The Friendship Algorithm.
An ERTL toy of Thomas along with one of James' also appeared in the sixth series of Full House in the fifteenth episode, Be True to Your Preschool.
Following Mr. Conductor in Thomas and the Magic Railroad, Thomas became the second character to narrate in first-person.
Thomas went through several aesthetic changes in the television series:
Series 1:[]
He had a real looking brake pipe, which was tilted down so that it didn't touch the face.
He shared the footsteps design with Percy.
Series 2:[]
He gained a smaller brake pipe on both front and back.
The blue supports under his whistle became gold.
Series 3:[]
His footsteps got smaller.
After Trust Thomas, the lining on the back of his bunker was removed.
He gains a buck tooth on his shocked face.
Thomas and the Magic Railroad:
He slightly increased in size
His wheels became bigger.
His eyebrows became thicker.
The gold supports under his whistle became blue again.
His front windows became the same height as his back windows.
The bucktooth on his shocked face disappears for the rest of the model era.
Jack and the Sodor Construction Company (large scale model only):[]
His lamp becomes bigger.
His brake pipe and buffers are bigger.
There is a hole on the left side of his running board.
His funnel is larger.
The resin faces used in the sixth series were modified.
Series 7:[]
His wheels go back to their original size.
Series 11:[]
His whistle was lowered closer to the boiler.
Hero of the Rails:[]
His cab is open.
He goes back to his original size.
His number 1 became slightly smaller, and the red lining becomes thicker.
He gained visible inside motion.
The Adventure Begins:[]
The lining on the back of his bunker returned.
His side rods become silver.
Journey Beyond Sodor:[]
A bunker hatch was added in his cab.
Series 23:[]
He gained rivets on his buffer bases, handrails either side of his cab entrances and steps on the front of his tanks.