Thomas is very fast, but not the fastest,” he says. “Thomas is an E2 class tank engine, which was made for short-haul freight journeys and shunting. So fast, yes. Fastest?

Pride of his collection: a blue London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) E2 Class tank engine ("Thomas") and a a 4-6-2 LNER A1 ("Gordon") that resembles the famous "Flying Scotsman" engine.

Thomas the Tank Engine is the subject of a new documentary, An Unlikely Fandom: The Impact of Thomas the Tank Engine. The ...

Thomas the Tank Engine had humble beginnings as the star of stories that the Rev. Wilbert Awdry told his son Christopher in 1942, ... E2 Class 0-6-0T locomotives built for the London, ...

Awdry says in The Island of Sodor that his best-known creation, Thomas, is a class E2 0-6-0 tank engine from the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway; the Fat Controller acquired him as a ...