Being the father of a toddler, I spend a lot of time watching Thomas the Tank Engine. As a writer for a business magazine, my mind can't help but be puzzled by how the economy of the Island of Sodor ...

Thomas the Tank Engine harks back to the age of steam Thomas the Tank Engine creator WV Awdry, born 100 years ago, set his railway engine stories in a sort of British Atlantis called Sodor. But where ...

The Island of Sodor is closer than you think. In fact, it’s in South Carver, Mass., about two hours away. If you know Thomas the Tank Engine, you know what we’re talking about. Thomas and his ...

The new bishop of Sodor and Man has been ordained and consecrated at a ceremony in York Minster. The Venerable Patricia Hillas has taken over from the Right Reverend Peter Eagles, who was in post from ...

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For almost a decade beginning in 1989, the human and locomotive characters of Shining Time Station delighted PBS viewers with stories of friendship, overcoming challenges, and plain old wackiness.

When I was a child, I could spend all day at Shining Time Station, the fictive train depot with its own eponymous TV show, where Thomas the Tank Engine and all his plate-faced locomotive friends ...

Downing Street today announced that His Majesty The King has appointed The Venerable Tricia Hillas as the next Bishop of Sodor and Man. Tricia has been Canon Steward and Archdeacon of Westminster ...

There is something rotten on the Island of Sodor, home to Thomas the Tank Engine. Viewers won’t find guns, violence, or anything even approaching a double-entendre. There’s none of the blatant racism ...

Thomas the Tank Engine creator WV Awdry, born 100 years ago, set his railway engine stories in a sort of British Atlantis called Sodor. But where is it? In Sodor they are celebrating, according to the ...