News: The Times and Democrat - TAKEN WITH THOMAS: For little boys under 8, that �Really Useful Engine� has run away with their imaginations

This is a pretty great article summarizing Thiomas and kid's facination with him. It's not really news... I don't know why it's in a newpaper but someone brougt it to my attention so I figured I'd include it.

The Times and Democrat - TAKEN WITH THOMAS: For little boys under 8, that �Really Useful Engine� has run away with their imaginations

It was a time long, long ago in a land far, far away that a little boy lay seriously ill. The fever racking his body was accompanied by other symptoms of what appeared to be a cold. But three-year-old Christopher had the measles. His father, an Anglican minister in Wiltshire, England, sat by Christopher’s bed, wishing there was something he could do to ease his discomfort.