Britt Allcroft, the woman behind the creation of the beloved children’s TV show Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, passed away on December 27 at the age of 81.

Along with her TV producer husband, Angus Wright, Allcroft formed the Britt Allcroft Company and went on to secure the rights to Rev. W. Awdry’s Railway Series of books which featured Thomas the Tank Engine. In 1984, Allcroft released the first 26 episodes of the show that would spark decades of followups and millions of fans, Newsweek reported.

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