The Everything Thomas Topic

[Awesometrain77]

The narrow gauge items yet to release and knapford station are going to be the next items to release which are going to be out hopefully by Christmas.
Sir Handel seems to be like a fall 2025 release .
No mention of the 80th vans I'd assume Matt just forgotten those when mentioning the new stuff as we have painted samples . And the large scale DCC set which may be out but I am not sure .

If I were to guess .
We will see Sir Handel and the DCC set in the fall .
And right before Christmas in late November we will see the 80th vans, ng gonaldas , and maybe knapford but I could see that be more of a early 2026 item .   

[TrainFan97]

Sir Handel should definitely arrive in stock by the end of the year, along with the Narrow Gauge Gondolas, and DCC Sound-Fitted Thomas and Percy.

Within the next few streams, we will definitely see the first unpainted samples of the N Scale Express Coaches. No update on N Scale Diesel, Paxton or Henry yet. Same for HO Scale Sidney and Mainland Diesel. Bachmann is doing everything they can to get Salty back out there after a seemingly endless wait. Soon, we should also see the first painted sample of the HO Scale Open Carriage, as well as the 80th Vans in packaging.

They managed to get the 80th Anniversary Vans a release for this fall, but the set unfortunately had to be cancelled, which was such a shame... I was so looking forward to it when it was announced.

The September stream should have an exciting reveal. Matt said there's something on the way, but did not specify what it is. There's only three streams left for this year.

[Awesometrain77]

Appearlty there is a surprise coming for the factory . I have no clue what this could be I'd imagine it's some new product tool . So maybe the express coaches or the gunpowder wagons .

I don't think knapford will be out before the end of the year . If anything I'd say early 2026 .

No updates on any of the other N scale products aside from the express coaches. I feel we will see them along side the open wagons and the LBSC Thomas and black James release in 2026

I hope we see Paxton and Diesel but that's hopeful thinking at this point they are super behind with n scale .
Henry we would be lucky see by 2027 .
Rather then Edward for 2026 what about Sidney . To have a new character but also not getting to ahead by having yet another class 08 .

G scale really only needs that set which I am pretty sure will either be out in the fall or if not I am sure that this time they are going to release it as the same time as DCC Thomas and Percy which have in been announced for FIVE YEARS WHERE ARE THEY. So is the G scale line dead what do you guys think? Will we ever get anything new tooled in it . Or do you think we're just gonna be seen repaints .Is black James the only chance we have a new engine . Paxton is number 49108 while LBSC Thomas is number 49111 which leaves three open slots . So who knows

[Chaz]

I hope we see Paxton and Diesel but that's hopeful thinking at this point they are super behind with n scale .
Henry we would be lucky see by 2027 .
Rather than Edward for 2026 what about Sidney . To have a new character but also not getting to ahead by having yet another class 08 .

I'd rather not see Bachmann introduce another engine repaint in N scale next year after announcing the LBSC Thomas and Origin James this year. I think once Bachmann makes progress on some of the previously announced engines, (hopefully before too long), they can finally introduce Edward in N scale in 2026. After Edward and Duck, I would personally be fine with Bachmann taking a breather and introducing another engine repaint in N scale, such as Sidney.

[TrainFan97]

It's not likely that we'll get to see unpainted samples of N Scale Diesel/Paxton or Henry by the end of the year. We're to for sure see the unpainted N Scale Express Coaches, and the other unpainted sample could be the Narrow Gauge Gunpowder Wagon.

For finished products awaiting release, there's Sir Handel, Narrow Gauge Gondolas, HO Scale 80th Anniversary Vans, and DCC Sound-Fitted Thomas and Percy to look forward to by the end of the year.

Following the cancellation of the 80th Anniversary set, which many including myself were bummed out about, they do have ideas to make up for this, and we should hopefully see something good in the 2026 catalog. Flying Scotsman's recent announcement did get us in better spirits. Hope to see an unpainted sample around mid-2026.

[Luke22]

So after watching their Thomas Tuesday video, it's interesting to note that they'll reuse Gordon's wheels to use on Flying Scotsman, just like how Stanley reuses Thomas's wheels. How fitting given that they're brothers, but at the same time, Gordon's chunky looking side rods look a little thick.... if it saves money to make it not too expensive, let's see how it turns out....!

[JacobSK]

So after watching their Thomas Tuesday video, it's interesting to note that they'll reuse Gordon's wheels to use on Flying Scotsman, just like how Stanley reuses Thomas's wheels. How fitting given that they're brothers, but at the same time, Gordon's chunky looking side rods look a little thick.... if it saves money to make it not too expensive, let's see how it turns out....!

From my memory, I think Matt said that Gordon's chassis BLOCK was going to be used. The Wiki states that Scotsman's CGI model reuses Spencer's wheels but Gordon's pistons. If Bachmann did just that (Gordon's main engine chassis block and pistons mated to all of Spencer's wheels), the only real new tooling for the chassis that'd need to be done is to come up with new linkage/valve gear to accomodate this setup.

As the weeks have worn on, I have come around to Scotsman and will more than likely preorder once TrainWorld has the link at the ready.

[TrainFan97]

The unpainted sample of the Narrow Gauge Gunpowder Wagon has just been teased on Bachmann's social media, and will be shown off in the September stream.

[Awesometrain77]

So the gunpowder van is the tale end of the large huge narrow gauge back log . It's crazy that this backlog is over . I hope development continues on the new products.
DCC Thomas and Percy may be released by the end of the year. Maybe along side the gonolas.
I think the reason the large scale DCC set is taking so long is because Bachmann wants to produce the decorders all at once so it's waiting for the HO scale DCC Thomas and Percy to be ready.

So it seems like
Sir Handel could be fall 2025
DCC items , NG gondolas, and 80th vans winter 2025
And then like knapford , salty ,n scale express coaches , and the gunpowder vans in spring 2026
Maybe we could see both  LBSC Thomas and the N scale black James for a summer release alongside the China clay wagon and the CGI tankers which we know are somewhere in the design process. 

It seems progress has started up to rise up again . I sorta am lowballing these so I would to see some of these products come sooner then that but I really don't know.

[DustyMarie53!]

So it seems like
Sir Handel could be fall 2025
DCC items , NG gondolas, and 80th vans winter 2025
And then like knapford , salty ,n scale express coaches , and the gunpowder vans in spring 2026

A few things here. Matt said the next items that would be on the horizon after Sir Handel are the gondolas and Knapford. With that in mind I don't think we can say with confidence anything else will be released in Winter if even those he says they're shooting for next may be pushed back to 2026.

I also wouldn't expect to see Salty that soon. Per pretty recent they're still hard at work on him and even once they get the issue fixed, they still have to wait on box samples. Fall 2026 for him is more realistic I'd think. The open carriage has also had an unpainted sample longer than the gunpowder wagons and soon to be the express coaches though, so I'd expect to see that in Spring. the aforementioned two I'd also admittedly expect to be a bit later than Spring but if they can get it sped along even faster that'd be good to see

[Awesometrain77]

Pretty sure the 80th vans are still coming this year as they would've been canceled .
It's funny to think that they still have a lot of stuff to produce after they are done with the stuff that is the loop.
Like beyond Sir Handel ,the Gonaldos the gunpowder vans , The 80th vans , DCC Thomas and Percy , Salty , N scale express coaches , and the open coach .

There is still the CGI tankers , the troublesome van , Scottsman , the oil flatbed , China clay wagon , bulgy , Sidney , mainland diesel , LBSC Thomas in 2 scales , n scale black James , n scale open wagons , N scale Henry , and the n scale class 08s .

There is never a dull moment in this line for sure . There is always something that's far away from release , or expected to be shown off any day or expected to be released any day .
I'd say the item we are farthest from is definitely n scale Henry i'd hope that we would see it by 2026 but honestly, I feel like it's gonna be 2027 .

[DustyMarie53!]

As of a few hours ago Mainland Diesel, Sidney, the anniversary vans, troublesome truck #7, and N scale Henry have gone up for preorder on Trainworld. I want to say they all already had pricing info on Bachmann's webstore so I imagine some of the other things that went up on here recently (mainly N scale stuff now) will go up for preorder shortly. My hope is that all this pricing already being finalized means we'll have a pretty quick turnaround for a lot of them to drop in Q2 and Q3 next year. Maybe that's a bit optimistic but that'd be nice.

[JLK2707]

Does anybody here agree with me when I say that Bachmann N Scale S.C. Ruffey just has rusty orange on him, which makes him a bit rusted?

[Awesometrain77]

Yeah I'd say so . He definitely looks like that in the episode if you rewatch it.

[Awesometrain77]

We have seen the sample of the gunpowder vans .
As the 3D print of Bulgy to make up for how long he was taking. 

The N scale LMS brakevan got cancelled.
The amount of products that have gotten cancelled in the past 2 years is wild.

Henry is in process .
N scale class 08s are going on well .
The China clay wagon is going along well which is intresting to note .
More RWS wagons are a possibility .
The 80th vans should be out by the end of the year
DCC Thomas and Percy is late winter early spring