Thomas and the Magic Railroad
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Thomas and the Magic Railroad is a movie made in 2000 based between the lines of the television series, "Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends" and its American spinoff, "Shining Time Station". view photo (http://www.thecatflap.co.uk/images/altered_images/fark/thomas.jpg)
It begins when Lily (Mara Wilson) is on her way to visit her Grandpa Burnett (Peter Fonda), but gets on a wrong train. Luckily she gets help from a tiny man, known as Mr Conductor (Alec Baldwin), who shows her a world of magic.
There is a friendly steam engine called Thomas who pulls the train from the town of Shining Time to The Island of Sodor. But there is trouble about, as Diesel 10, a mean engine, has put out of commission one of Thomas' friends, Lady.
Normally Mr Conductor would be there in a flash, but he is out of magic gold dust. So Lily sets off with Thomas to find some more magic dust and stop the Diesel engines.
The movie is directed by Britt Allcroft.
Movie Characters (Engines)
- Diesel 10, an evil diesel
- Splatter and Dodge, his sidekicks
- Lady the Magical Lost Engine
Note that of the engine characters appearing in the TV series, Thomas, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby, Bertie and Harold were in the film.
Movie Characters (Humans & Animals)
- Burnett Stone
- Lily
- Mr Conductor
- C Junior
- Patch
- Stacey Jones
- Billy Twofeathers
- Mut the Dog
The semi-sequel to this film, Calling All Engines will be released on video and DVD in Fall, 2005.
External links
- Official site (http://www.ad2.com/magicrailroad/website/flash4page.html)