"Thomas" first appeared in 1945 in the story of "Railway Series" written by British priest River Audrey.

Thomas and Friends, which we saw today, is a story written by a British priest, River Audrey, to his son, Christopher Audrey, at 1945. Formerly known as railway series.

1945, Rafe Audrey's son was ill in bed. In order to dispel her son's loneliness in the hospital bed, Audrey remembered the train that rumbled in front of his house every day as a child, which was his soul mate. So Audrey regained her childhood dream and told her son the story of his favorite little train.

The story of this novel was immediately liked by my son. According to children's eyes, many things that are not easily accepted by children are eliminated, which makes the story of this locomotive more vivid and interesting, and can better reflect children's life and world.

Finally, 1946, Rafe Audrey wrote this story into a book, Railway Series, and gave it to his son. The story mainly tells the story of the anthropomorphic blue steam train and a group of his train friends with different personalities, living on an island called "Duoduo", taking risks together and growing up together.

Since then, this blue steam train has become a close partner of children all over the world. Reverend River Audrey also creates new children's stories for readers every year, such as Thomas Little Train, James Little Red Train, Henry Little Green Train, Toby Little Tram and so on.

It was not until 1984 that the railway story was adapted into a TV series, and the fame of the train really reached a new height.

Thomas and his friends

1980s, the TV rights of the book Railway Series were sold to Brithell Croft, and she began to make this series of TV programs, which were animated and renamed Thomas and Friends, and premiered in 1984. From June 5438 to October 2009 10, the brand "Thomas and Friends" introduced by Tongqu Publishing Co., Ltd., the animation "Thomas and Friends" began to enter China in an all-round way.

It is worth mentioning that only 20 stories in Thomas and Friends that we are seeing now were written by Ralph Audrey. Later, Christopher Audrey followed in his father's footsteps and created a small train for his children and children all over the world, and still insists on writing today.