--- title: 'Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails (2009)' type: 'film' director: 'Greg Tiernan' released: '2009-01-01' runtime_minutes: 60 genres: - 'Family' countries: - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/thomas-friends-hero-of-the-rails-2009' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1474918/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails (2009) 2009 · 60 min · Family · United Kingdom Original title: Hero of the Rails ## Synopsis Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails is a 2009 British animated adventure film and the third feature-length special based on the British television series Thomas & Friends. The film was produced and distributed by HIT Entertainment with animation production by Canadian-based Nitrogen Studios. The movie centres on Thomas finding a long-lost engine from Japan named Hiro and attempting to repair him, opposed by malicious private engine Spencer. ## Credits - **Director:** [Greg Tiernan](https://cinepixo.com/people/greg-tiernan) - **Screenplay:** [Sharon Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/sharon-miller) ## Cast - [Martin Sherman](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-sherman) - [William Hope](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-hope) - [Kerry Shale](https://cinepixo.com/people/kerry-shale) - [Togo Igawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/togo-igawa) as Hiro - [Ben Small](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-small) as Thomas the Tank Engine - [Matt Wilkinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-wilkinson) as Spencer - [David Bedella](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-bedella) - [Keith Wickham](https://cinepixo.com/people/keith-wickham) as Gordon the Big Engine - [Teresa Gallagher](https://cinepixo.com/people/teresa-gallagher) as Emily - [Jules de Jongh](https://cinepixo.com/people/jules-de-jongh) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/thomas-friends-hero-of-the-rails-2009 Film facts: Wikidata (Q5976251); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.