Nailers Yard in Bromsgrove is expected to be completed by the autumn.
It is Christopher Awdry's measles in the 1942 that led his father to create Thomas the Tank Engine.
A Birmingham-based business says demand this year is "absolutely crazy".
Thousands of pounds' worth of equipment was taken from Catshill FC in Bromsgrove over the weekend.
Pupils are allowed back into Blackwell First School, which shut during a fire at a former college.
Organisers say they want the weekly 5km run to help others get healthy.
Twelve fire crews were despatched to the disused Hunters Hill College in Blackwell on Monday night.
Jack Dixon, 32, from Hollywood in Worcestershire has been charged with manslaughter after the attack in 2025
Thunder and lightning hits the West Midlands overnight in the wake of record-breaking temperatures.
