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a day out with Thomas A Day Out With Thomas

A Day Out With Thomas gives families the opportunity to meet Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends. The event will vary slightly between venues but attractions will usually include Thomas and several of his friends such as Percy, Daisy, James and the Troublesome Trucks, who can be ridden as many times as visitors like. Sir Topham Hatt, the Fat Controller, will also be on hand to ensure the trains are on their best behaviour and he will be available for photos.

Your nearest Day Out With Thomas can either be found by checking the official Thomas the Tank Engine website or by looking at the schedule of events provided by your local railway museum. A list of venues which offer Days Out With Thomas weekends is also given below, but if your nearest working railway museum is not included it may still be worth checking their site as new venues are regularly added.

England

East

Bure Valley Railway - Norfolk

South East

East Anglian Railway Museum – Essex
Colne Valley Railway - Essex
Mid Hants Railway "Watercress Line" - Hampshire
Eastleigh Lakeside Steam Railway - Hampshire
Buckinghamshire Railway - Buckinghamshire
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway - Kent
Kent and East Sussex Railway - Kent
Spa Valley Railway - Kent
Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway - Oxfordshire
Didcot Railway Centre - Oxfordshire

South

Dean Forest Railway Company - Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway - Gloucestershire
Avon Valley Railway - Bristol
GWR Steam, Swindon - Wiltshire
Swanage Railway - Dorset

Midlands

Great Central Railway - Leicestershire
Northampton and Lamport Railway - Northamptonshire
Severn Valley Railway - Worcestershire
Nottingham Heritage Centre - Nottinghamshire
Battlefield Line Railway - Warwickshire
Midland Railway Trust Ltd - Derbyshire
Telford Steam Railway - Shropshire

North

Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway - Yorkshire
Kirklees Light Railway - Yorkshire
North Yorkshire Moors Railway - Yorkshire
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway - Yorkshire
Elsecar Steam Heritage Centre - Yorkshire
Wensleydale Railway - Yorkshire
East Lancashire Railway - Lancashire
Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway - Cumbria

Scotland

Caledonian Railway - Angus

Wales

Llangollen Railway - Clwyd
Gwili Railway Company Ltd - Dyfed


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