User blog comment:Lightening McQueen/Cars 3 Possibility/@comment-1749469-20120806050840/@comment-4898428-20120808122432

In reality the British steams are approssimately the same of Thomas and Friends, In fact the character in the Thomas cartoons are inspired by the British steams. But Thomas isn't similar to a vehicle in the Cars world. The trains (like the cars) have their eyes in the windshield of the cab, or (like Celine Dephare) sometimes in their headlights. Thomas has his eyes on the front of the steam motor, so he can't be a character in the Cars world.