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Thomas & Friends takes place on the standard gauge North Western Railway, the narrow gauge Skarloey Railway and the 15-inch gauge Arlesdale Railway. The show is mainly about the title character, Thomas, a cheeky little blue tank engine with six small wheels, a short stumpy funnel, a short stumpy boiler and a short stumpy dome. Thomas & Friends was a television series mainly based around railway engines that live on the Island of Sodor. 2.4 Making Tracks to Great Destinations (2004-2012).2.3 Thomas' First Feature Length Movie (2000-2003).
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In August 2016, Arc Productions closed down after filing for bankruptcy. In February 2012, it was announced that Arc Productions would take over animation duties starting with the seventeenth series in 2013. Since then, the series had been animated in full CG until the late 2010's. The first CG production, Hero of the Rails was released in Autumn 2009. CGI was first used during the twelfth series for the faces of the engines, people and animals, although characters in background shots would still have the traditional clay faces. In April 2008, it was announced that filming of the series would transfer to Nitrogen Studios in Canada and that it would be CG animated. The series was last produced by Mattel Creations taking over HiT Entertainment, who filmed the series since its acquisition of Gullane Entertainment in 2002. The series has been broadcast in over 185 territories and has spawned twenty-four series, a theatrical film, and fourteen specials. It was adapted for television by Britt Allcroft using the original stories from the Railway Series before using original stories written by independent writers. Thomas & Friends (previously known as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends) is the name of the television series based on the Railway Series by the Reverend W.