--- title: Thomas the Tank Engine Amusement Park Opens in Massachusetts description: Visitors can ride on their favorite characters from the show canonical: https://time.com/3999447/thomas-the-tank-engine-amusement-park/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-15T15:34:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:12:26.408Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Thomas the Tank Engine Amusement Park Opens in Massachusetts og:description: Visitors can ride on their favorite characters from the show og:url: https://time.com/3999447/thomas-the-tank-engine-amusement-park/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a57480698448f7e/69885f790a4a2214559c5a42/gettyimages-511073849.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Trains og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Thomas the Tank Engine Amusement Park Opens in Massachusetts twitter:description: Visitors can ride on their favorite characters from the show twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a57480698448f7e/69885f790a4a2214559c5a42/gettyimages-511073849.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Thomas the Tank Engine Amusement Park Opens in Massachusetts  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Aug 15, 2015 3:34 PM UTC  Thomas the Tank Engine. Thomas the Tank Engine.Nina Dermawan—Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Aug 15, 2015 3:34 PM UTC Thomas the Tank Engine is [rolling into an amusement park](http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/08/14/thomas-the-tank-engine-park-to-open-in-massachusetts/) this weekend. The first Thomas the Tank Engine theme park in the U.S., Thomas Land, opened in Saturday in Massachusetts. The park has 11 rides based on the TV show. Visitors can hop on Harold the Helicopter, enjoy a tower drop on Cranky Crane or take a 20-minute train ride on Thomas. Thomas Land is already in the U.K. and Japan, where each park draws millions of visitors per year. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3999447/thomas-the-tank-engine-amusement-park/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3999447/thomas-the-tank-engine-amusement-park/"},"headline":"Thomas the Tank Engine Amusement Park Opens in Massachusetts","datePublished":"2015-08-15T15:34:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:12:26.408Z","description":"Visitors can ride on their favorite characters from the show","url":"https://time.com/3999447/thomas-the-tank-engine-amusement-park/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a57480698448f7e/69885f790a4a2214559c5a42/gettyimages-511073849.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a57480698448f7e/69885f790a4a2214559c5a42/gettyimages-511073849.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Trains","caption":"Trains","creditText":"Nina Dermawan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3999447/thomas-the-tank-engine-amusement-park/","name":"Thomas the Tank Engine Amusement Park Opens in Massachusetts"}}]}] ```