Steam locomotive Thomas is running!

The Ooigawa Railways (Shizuoka Prefecture Shimada city) operating the steam locomotive, opened the trial-ride fair of the steam locomotive handling the “Steam locomotive Thomas”, a popular character of the story that personified the steam locomotive. The nursery school children invited for the event shouted out of joy “Just like Thomas”, and “Good-looking".

The birthplace of the story and Britain is already running the real train just like the Thomas, and this steam locomotive is the first of its kind in Asia.

The steam locomotive is the 227th machine of the C11 model made in 1942.
The face of Thomas of "Bright eyes" made with reinforced plastic was fixed in the head, and the body was painted blue.