Ah, memories! I grew up reading the "Thomas The Tank Engine" books 30 years ago. I'm not sure if I could remember all the names now -- Let's see, there was Gordon, Edward, Henry, Sir Handel, Duncan the "rock 'n' roll" engine.... [Linked Image]

Sir Topham Hat is a strange-looking name to me. In the original books we had The Fat Controller, but a few years ago somebody decided it was "politically incorrect" and instituted the name change. [Linked Image] We had The Thin Controller too; I don't know if he's still in the reprints of the stories.



[This message has been edited by pauluk (edited 08-06-2002).]