The famous talking steam engine character was created by the Reverend W Awdry, who wrote the first book in The Railway Series in 1945. In 1971, he named a steam engine Thomas after his lead ...

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Allcroft was responsible for bringing the Reverend Wilbert Awdry's books The Railway Series to British TV with the children's show Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends later re-titled to Thomas & Friends.

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The Friends of the Osterhout Free Library will host their 48th Annual Tent Book Sale, beginning Friday, June 13, and concluding Saturday, June 21. The sale will take place at 71 S. Franklin St ...

The book sale room on the second floor will also be open during the sale hours. All proceeds go to to the Porter County Library System.