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Thomas Land opens for summer, debuts new ride

In this 2012 photo provided by Edaville USA, a father and son watch Thomas the Tank Engine roll down the track at an annual Day Out with Thomas event at the Edaville USA theme park in Carver, Mass. Groundbreaking for the first permanent Thomas Land in the the United States is set for July 2014 at Edaville USA, and is expected to be open for business in the summer of 2015. (AP Photo/Edaville USA) AP Photo/Edaville USA

By Associated Press

May 28, 2016

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CARVER, Mass. (AP) — A theme park in Carver based on Thomas the Tank Engine is introducing a new ride when it opens for the season during the holiday weekend.

The new ride at Thomas Land is called Winston’s Skyline Express. The ride is a monorail designed to give children a whole new perspective of the park. Winston is named for the fictional Island of Sodor’s track inspection vehicle.

It joins 11 other rides, all featuring characters from the Thomas the Tank Engine series.

Thomas Land, on the grounds of Edaville Railroad, opened in August last year. This will be the first full summer the attraction will be open.

The Carver Thomas Land is the third in the world. The others are in the United Kingdom and Japan.