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[TrainFan97]

So the 2026 catalog will be up next Friday the 23rd, as it's typically up on Fridays.

Already less than a week before we see what exciting new products will be announced, once the PDF file is available.

[Chaz]

So the 2026 catalog will be up next Friday the 23rd, as it's typically up on Fridays.

Already less than a week before we see what exciting new products will be announced, once the PDF file is available.

As I mentioned in my last post, it's going to be posted Saturday the 24th, not Friday.  Bachmann's mentioned this in their recent livestreams and Yard Master also confirmed it in another thread this morning:

https://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/board/index.php/topic,40182.msg289147.html#msg289147

Hi Jim,

The digital version of the catalog will be posted to our website this Saturday, January 24th. Print copies will be available for purchase in February.

Won't be too much longer either way.

[TrainFan97]

I didn't know that meant it was being uploaded on Saturday instead of Friday, since we're more used to it being uploaded on a Friday. That one year, it was so late, it was uploaded on a Monday at the end of February.

So it's four more days we have to wait then. Won't be until the very end of this week when it's up. THEN we'll see what exciting products we have to look forward to.

As of this year, product announcements will now happen four times a year, but it's not guaranteed a Thomas product will appear in all of them. I'm guessing the next announcement after this one will be in May. Other Thomas products are possible for the other quarterly announcements, but no promise for all of them.

On a side note, Bachmann's Facebook has shown higher quality images of Bulgy and the N Scale Express Coaches, which are currently in the unpainted stage, and will have painted samples in the coming months. Might see their painted samples within the next few streams. In a few weeks, we might see an upcoming N Scale engine or two in the February stream that's also in the unpainted stage.