Quote from: jettrainfan on August 02, 2011, 02:13:16 PM
Thomas is a E2, or in the TV series, i short E2, Stephany is a terrier, which is about the size of an E2, but he wasn't cut down like Thomas.

Terrier's were shorter than E2's. An E2 is the same size as the Bluebell Railways E4 473 Birch Grove, Stepney (and the other terriers, their actual class is called the A1X) is smaller. Bigger than a P class (Bluebell from Thomas) but smaller than the E2 (Thomas)
Hornby's Stepney is now discontinued but you can still find them in certain shops in the UK. Murdoch is due out later this year, using the old tooling of the Hornby 9F plus i think Murdoch will be loco drive, not the old tender drive like Gordon, henry, James and Edward.

The story is getting too many chracters in now...lets leave this one...and start afresh, with some more rules!
1)NO CHUGGINGTON CHARACTERS YOU TRAITORS!! 
2) No deaths.
3) No new characters (this bit also includes nothing from Spencer and Murdoch onwards, so any charcter from Thomas till Murdoch, thats Aurther, Spencer, Emily, Fergus, but no further so no Victor, Kevin, Hiro etc etc)
and 4) lets keep it non violent please (we can still have accidents like Gordon off the rails and Henrys flying kipper incident)
oh and dont forget the rules on the first page (with the exception of the line count.
Lets start off...
Derek the Diesel was on his way to Kanpford, he had just come across from the mainland as FT had requested him to help around the island.
Derek: Oh its great to be back, I cannot wait to see Bill, Ben and Bo-Co again.
He came to Gordon's Hill, to find a train infront of him. It was James, the rails were slippery so he stalled half way up the hill.
Derek: Want  push James?
James: Oh thank you, that will be a great help!
So Dereks driver buffered him up to the back of train.
Derek: Ready?
James: Ready!
So the two engines started to move the heavy load up Gordon's Hill.
NEXT!!!! 

With the steam Team back together, the Fat Controller and Mr C started to think of a way to get rid of diesel 10 and the other diesels...
Mr C: Sugar!
FT: Pardon?
Mr C: Diesels dont like sugar! I threatened Diesel 10 with it when you were on holiday a few years ago.
Percy:I remember, he took off faster than you can say magic railroad, after demolishing half the shed...
FT: So you are saying that sugar will seize their engines?
Mr C, Percy and Thomas: Yes it will!!
Henry: But how are we going to get sugar with the mainland cut off?
Splatter and Dodge: We know of a way! There is a secret tunnel to the mainland, Cody and Alfred used it to get across.
Bill: Lets use that then.
Ben: But surely it will be protected?
:Don't worry, we can take care of that!
The engines looked to see Mavis, Bo-Co, Salty and Derek.
FT: Good to see you! Now lets get this show on the road!!
Thomas, Percy, James, Duck and Oliver set off for the secret tunnel with Dodge, Splatter, Bo-Co and Salty to  get them through.

Back with Duck and the gang, FT was thinking.
'We need to get to Knapford, I need to use the phone' he said.
'I will take you' Bill said, 'I mabe bright ellow but I am small and can slip past the diesel guards'.
'We need to hurry then, I have to contact Mr Conductor and Junior, we need all the man power we can get!' FT replied.
'You better Bernet Stone then too', Splatter added.
So Billl and FT set off quietl for Knapford station...

Duck: well if we all want to bring him down you can join us.
Ben: Are you insane Duck?! We dont know if we can trust these two!!
Then a voice came from through the thick fog.
Mystery Engine: You can trust them, I saw what happened to them after Diesel 10 finally got off the barge back when Thomas was saving the magic railroad.
It was Lady, she had Rusty too.
Lady: We scaped onto the magic railroad when this all started, so we thought we should come and help out!
Donald: Right, we need a plan...Dodge, Splatter, tell us what ya know!
Dodge: Well Diesel 10 plan to trick Sir Topham Hatt has worked, he and Gordon are on their way now.
Oliver: Oh no! We need to warn him and stop him from getting back to Knapford!
Splatter: He said if 'Fatty' does not come he is going to start scrapping every steamie left on Sodor Property!!
Doulgas: Right, I have a plan...

Sorry it went over 10 lines, I just got carried away. Line limited lifted!!

Quote from: PasqualeCS96 on July 27, 2011, 09:31:32 AM

Quote from: 7029cluncastle on July 26, 2011, 10:48:08 AM
On my layout i will be having two sheds. One is the bachmann scenecraft (UK) 4 road shed which will be my main running shed. The other shed is the Tidmouth Roundhouse, which will be used as a museum storing my smaller locos, such as Stevenson's Rocket, The DeWitt Clinton and my Hornby 0-4-0 tank engines. The turntable will be used to turn locos that have come in from the mainline with special railtours, once the loco has turned it will run to the other shed to be prepared ready to take the railtour back to where ever it came from. Also at the museum roundhouse will be a track spurring off to create a short running line for the museum's stock (my layout is Digital so things like Rocket will make noises on the DCC track) the small spur will be anologue controlled so i can run the locos that are not chipped on there.

Cool! Can you please post pics?

No photos yet, as i do not have half of it! 
Over the course of the rest of the year i wil be adding more stuff including Tidmouth Shed.

Remember, it maybe discontinued now but it does not mean they are gone forever. Bachmann are either giving the tooling a rest or thinking about creatin a new tooling, thats all.

Bill and Ben were soon on their way back to the quarry with Rocky.
'I dont think we should have teased him about the great western way' Ben sighed.
'Your right, it was very silly of us' Bill added, looking ashamed.
The twins carried on, but just around the corner was Toby. His driver and fireman were hearding some sheep that had strayed onto the tracks.
'Bother' Bill said, 'please hurry, we have to go rescue Oliver'.
'You canot rush sheep', snapped Toby.
The twins waited patiently for the line to be cleared.

I had a thought earlier, i was reading the 'where is sodro?' thread and thought about doing a thread where a story can be written. Here are the rules: your part of the story should be no longer than 10 lines, you should make sure the storyline is nothing rude, no silly business like thomas eat an ice cream etc, you cannot post twice in a row (let someone else have a go!) and make sure it will join onto the section before your post without and confusion or delay. Ok i will start off:
Oliver was shunting at Knapford yard, he was making a train ready for Edward to take to the mainland. Sir Topham Hatt came over to see him.
'Oliver, once you have finished here, i would like you to go to the quarry and help Bill and Ben', he boomed.
'Wheres Mavis?' Oliver enquired.
'She is being repaired after having too much dust from the quarry go into her radiator', he replied.
'Right ok sir, i will be there right away!' Oliver beemed.
Sir Topham Hatt then left for the station. Edward soon arrived to take the train. Once he had gone, Oliver set off for the quarry.

Okay, whos next? 

Everywhere you go in the UK there is something to do with Thomas.
Bodmin and Wenford Railway, Cornwall, its the home base for the locos Awdry based Bill and Ben on, the POrt of Par twins Alfred and Judy.
Talyllyn Railway, North Wales, home to Skarloey and all his gang.
Bluebell Railway, Stepney, Bluebell etc
Festiniog Railway, National Railway Museum...the list just keeps on going!!
Ive always dreamt of living on Sodor...
Kenny was walking along the road towards his house after school, he was walking alongside Thomas' branch line. He always waited by the level crossing to watch Thomas go by, then go home, have dinner before coming back in time for Thomas to take him to Tidmouth Sheds to listen to everyones stories of the day.
He waited by the gates, 'hmmm Thomas is late today, wonder whats keeping him?'
Just then he heard a cheerful toot. It wast Thomas though, it was Percy.
'Hello Kenny, how was school?' Percy asked as he pulled up.
'It was fine thanks, we are going on a school trip tomorrow!' Kenny replied.
'Where to?' Percy enquired.
'We are going to the steamworks!' Kenny answered happily.
'Sounds great!' he said, 'C'mon then, time to go to Tidmouth!'
So kenny hopped on board Percy and they went back to Tidmouth. They soon arrived to find Tidmouth sheds had been knocked down!!
'What happened here?!?!' exclaimed Kenny.
'Diesel 10 is what happened', Duck said sadly, he got the other diesels to knock down the sheds as they were better than the diesel sheds'.
Kenny and Percy looked on in shock...
If you want me to continue please feel free to message me and i will continue The Adventures of Kenny and his Friends...cheesy i know 

On my layout i will be having two sheds. One is the bachmann scenecraft (UK) 4 road shed which will be my main running shed. The other shed is the Tidmouth Roundhouse, which will be used as a museum storing my smaller locos, such as Stevenson's Rocket, The DeWitt Clinton and my Hornby 0-4-0 tank engines. The turntable will be used to turn locos that have come in from the mainline with special railtours, once the loco has turned it will run to the other shed to be prepared ready to take the railtour back to where ever it came from. Also at the museum roundhouse will be a track spurring off to create a short running line for the museum's stock (my layout is Digital so things like Rocket will make noises on the DCC track) the small spur will be anologue controlled so i can run the locos that are not chipped on there.

Jack, your Rheneas is the ERTL model correct? I have one of them awaiting a motor so least i know it has been done! I also have a Rusty awaiting a motor too.

This is where i come into this. In the uk (and a lot of other countries) there is a model railway gauge called 009/HOe, this is narrow gauge 00/HO. 009 scale consists of N gauge track, 00/HO scale buildings and locomotives that are the right scale to match 00/HO locomotives. So they are smaller in size but are the correct 1:76/1:87 scale. They maybe smaller than oo/HO standard gauge stock but they are much bigger than N gauge stock. Simple.

shouldnt be too long before it arrives in the UK then. Although, i am not after the station, im after Tidmouth Sheds so i can make a museum and facilities for mainline locos coming in on railtours. Just hope the turntable is big enough!!

Tomix started to make the standard gauge engines. thomas, percy, james and henry were made i think. gordon was in the process but nothing has been heard from them since announcing gordon a couple of years ago.