Hmm, that's interesting cmguy. Thanks for sharing! I've actually stayed away from the Thomas series because of the colonialist/caste system undertones. It always rubbed me the wrong way how the engines are so desperate to compete with one another to gain the approval of Topham Hatt, and how he pits them against each other and values them only according to their work output.
Maybe I'm just a judgmental fuddy-duddy who needs to revisit the series with a fresh set of eyes. I know the series is popular, and many of the other messages in the series are wholesome. I may well have missed the hard work messages in my fervour.
