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Thomas: North America
built 291 days ago
Thomas is a class E2 0-6-0T tank engine designed by Lawson B. Billinton, locomotive superintendent of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway between 1911 and 1922. The E2s were introduced in 1915 to replace earlier members of the E1 class, which had been scrapped. The last five in the ten strong class had extended side tanks to give a greater water capacity but all engines had two inside cylinders and driving wheels 4'6" in diameter. Thomas was bought to Sodor in 1915 to help with the construction of the North Western Railway, and remained after the completion. The engine was first used as Pilot at Tidmouth and then Vicarstown, before being drafted in to the Ffarquhar Branch line. The engine is now based at Ffarquhar.
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Goldsmith-Thomas was a partner at Revolution Studios for seven years. While at Revolution, she developed and produced an impressive slate of films including MAID IN MANHATTAN starring Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Bob Hoskins and Stanley Tucci, MONA LISA SMILE starring Julia Roberts, Kristen Dunst, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Julia Stiles, LITTLE BLACK BOOK starring Brittany Murphy, Holly Hunter and Kathy Bates, PERFECT STRANGER starring Halle Berry and a number of award winning television movies based on the American Girl dolls.
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In 1941, Thomas joined Walt Disney and a contingent of 18 artists, and storymen from the Studio on a goodwill trip to South America. He was the only animator in the group that toured Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia and other countries. Two films, “The Three Caballeros,” and “Saludos Amigos,” resulted from the trip.
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