Did have billys party episode on vhs. Thanksgiving special. Would watch with my kids every year. Oh the memories.

SERIOUSLY. There's NO WAY there's an insufficient demand for all the excellent shows such as this one. It NEEDS to be aired or at least made available to watch on DVD, Netflix streaming, or whatever they see fit.
In the interest of time, let's agree to disagreeeven though I'm always right.

This was hands down the best kids show ever! Now Thomas just sucks. Where is the effort they put into the entire show, now its just animated and creepy. Only upside to it is now I know how the engines actually sound like.

Probably not a copyright issue as it is a demand issue. Most people don't remember this show, or remember it squarely for Thomas.