瑞福•威尔伯特•奥德瑞在出版火车头托马斯故事集的同时仍然从事着牧师的工作。 但据克里斯托夫说他父亲从事的这两个职业并没有出现相互影响的情况。
The Rev. Awdry continued his work as a minister even while publishing Thomas stories, but Christopher Awdry says his father always kept his life as an author and his life as a clergyman separate.
瑞福•奥德瑞当时很喜欢给儿子讲述关于这个小火车头的故事。 但他们首先需给这个火车头起个名字，于是他们便把这个火车头叫做“托马斯蒸汽火车。”
Rev. Awdry was happy to make up stories about the little train, but told his son that it first needed to have a name —so they called him "Thomas the Tank Engine."
火车头托马斯的机车房是在一个叫索多岛的地方。这个岛屿是奥德瑞在马恩岛一个主日学校节日上布道回来后构想出来的。
Thomas' roundhouse is located on the fictional Island of Sodor, which the Rev. Awdry dreamed up in the early 1950s, after visiting the Isle of Man to preach at a Sunday school festival.
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