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Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends is a British stop-motion animated children's television series based on The Railway Series books by the Rev. W. Awdry which was widely successful for its time. But to break the ice, it got a feature-length film in 2000, known as Thomas and the Magic Railroad...

Just what the title says, your challenge if you accept it is to make model railroading (which used to be the number one toy in the U.S.) to never lose popularity or have a huge resurgence.

In 1977, Britt Allcroft secured the rights to producing the Rev W Awdry's Railway Series books for television. Then, Jim Henson took interest in the same project and decided to collaborate with Allcroft on the new show. The end result was Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, which has reached...