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Thomas y Sus Amigos Discovery Kids/Canal 5: The series in Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, is known as Thomas y Sus Amigos, also known as its original English title from the thirteenth series onwards, and is dubbed into Latin American Spanish. It even has an official YouTube channel known as Thomas & Friends Latinoamérica. [59]
Thomas & Friends (formerly known as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends) is a children's media franchise created by Britt Allcroft and currently owned by Mattel.The franchise revolves around an ensemble cast of anthropomorphic steam locomotives, including the titular main protagonist Thomas the Tank Engine as well as other vehicles, who work on the Island of Sodor.
To promote the film, the 2009 Day Out with Thomas events in North America was known as "The Hero of the Rails Tour" was held at locations such as the Illinois Railway Museum, where guests could participate in activities such as arts and crafts or ride on a 15-ton replica of Thomas the Tank Engine. [4]
The Nene Valley Railway at Peterborough in England was the first railway to possess a full-scale replica of Thomas, constructed from an industrial tank engine built by Hudswell Clarke in 1947. It was nicknamed "Thomas" and in 1971 was officially named by Rev. W. Awdry. Since then other tank engines around the world have appeared as Thomas.
Thomas first appeared in 1946, in the second book in the series Thomas the Tank Engine, and was the focus of the four short stories contained within. In 1979, British writer and producer Britt Allcroft came across the books, [‡ 2] and arranged a deal to make the television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (later simplified to Thomas ...
The series focuses on the adventures of a younger version of Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends, including Percy, Nia, Kana, and Diesel. Throughout the episodes, they learn many life lessons and solve problems, while going around on their daily lives doing jobs, with help from each other and the other residents and visitors of the Island of Sodor.
Thomas is upset about having to go slowly with a load of Farmer McColl's eggs, as the other engines are making more journeys than him. Eventually, Thomas decides to go fast after all, but this leads to some eggs getting broken. Thomas now knows that he needs to go slowly, and he does so for the rest of his journey.
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