Thomas and the Magic Railroad

2000 • 82 minutes

About this movie

Join Thomas the Tank Engine and meet lots of new friends in this enchanting family adventure movie, Thomas and the Magic Railroad. Thomas and his friends live on the island of Sodor, the land of talking trains which has been a realm of magic and innocence, until Diesel 10 and his sidekicks Splatter and Dodge arrive to cause trouble. Even magical Mr. Conductor, who travels between the train world and the human world of Shining Time, is losing his sparkle. Lily, a resourceful young girl, meets him on the way to visit her grandfather. She, along with Thomas and his friends, embark on an adventure to save the Magic Railroad. Thomas reminds them all that “even little engines can do big things”. Combining live action and innovative animation, packed with songs and adventure and whistles and steam, Thomas and the Magic Railroad is a wonderful journey that can be enjoyed by anyone who is young at heart.

Ratings and reviews

It was rubbish. My young son kept asking where is Thomas, he wants Thomas. Too much of the movie centred on the actors and not enough time was spent on Thomas and his friends. The script was really poor and didn't make much sense. My son lost all interested when Thomas was not on the screen. Really poor and if I could would ask for a refund. Dire.

I had to put up with this films awful script, give us as much money as possible attitude to childrens film making, when my son was little. For the sake of your soul and sanity avoid like the plague.

People are moaning about the script and everything but don't forget it's an 18 year old film for christ sake! Technology has advanced since then and they tried to make Thomas and his friends come Into real life. I'm 23 and I still love this film as it was my favourite as a child so please ignore the hate from idiots who can't deal with older cartoons.