Day Out With Thomas™ Offers an opportunity for children and their families to take a 25 minute ride with Thomas the Tank Engine™ and to meet Sir Topham Hatt™, the Controller of the Railway.  Every event has a Thomas & Friends Imagination Station with Thomas-themed activities including stamps, temporary tattoos, hands on arts and crafts, and a Thomas storytelling and video viewing area.  The activities on site at Day Out With Thomas™ are for you and your children to enjoy for the duration of the event.  The event at the NCTM includes musical performances, a magician, children’s hay bale maze, Bouncy Houses, bubble and chalk area, putt-putt, bean bag toss, face painting, model train layouts, food vendors, picnic shelters, a large gift shop, plus three exhibit buildings featuring North Carolina’s transportation history with rail cars, antique automobiles and a Wright Brothers flyer replica.  Day Out With Thomas™ © 2018 Gullane (Thomas) Limited. Thomas & Friends™ Based on The Railway Series by The Reverend W. Awdry. © 2018 Gullane (Thomas) Limited. Thomas the Tank Engine, Thomas & Friends and Day Out With Thomas are trademarks of Gullane (Thomas) Limited.