YOU SAID:
Thomas the train eats people
INTO JAPANESE
トーマスが列車を食べる
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Thomas eats the train
INTO JAPANESE
トマスは電車を食べる
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Thomas eats a train
INTO JAPANESE
トマスは電車を食べる
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Thomas eats a train
That didn't even make that much sense in English.