Seems to finally be that time again, I can't believe it's been so long since the first one.
Happy to keep this going....
Thomas will be coming down our track forever.
Nooooooo rip .
Well new threat and at a perfect time with Stanley nearing arrival and the NMRA in a few days .
I'm excited for NMRA and the description they have given is exciting.
Going to make a post recapping last New Model Monday again cause there was a shocking amount of Thomas News within it.
N Scale: Henry, Diesel, Paxton, LBSC Thomas, and Origins James are all in the design phase. They are hoping to be done by 2026. They didn't want to announce anything new at NMRA to add to this backlog just yet, they have ideas they are hoping will be able to announce in 2026.
G Scale: They are waiting for the right time to expand this lineup, given the skipped product codes I wouldn't be shocked if they considered it for this year, but the state of the world gave them pause. I could be wrong on that, but it's further proof they do have plans and are just waiting out the ideal time to drop.
Stanley: Is on the water, should be shipped out and released in about a month give or take.
Salty: Hoping to be done by 2026, they are still working on him as hard as they can.
Bulgy and Gunpowder Wagons: Same case as the N scale guys, in the design phase, hoping to be release by 2026.
Sir Hayden: Not Thomas but felt wrong not to include. Waiting on painted samples, hoping to release early 2026.
Open Carriage: Same as above
Thomas Anniversary Set: Repeated some of the things they said last Thomas Tuesday. Said they weren't opposed to maybe going back and doing this set at a later date, but not right now. A similar set might be announced in 2026 to fill the spot, but it won't be this. (Nor do I think that'd be required given this was always meant to be a single run item.) They also said they want to look into doing more retro items like it, most likely more rolling stock like the China Clay Wagon as they have implied that before.
NMRA Announcement: Repeated the announcement is for HO Scale, and implied there is only one but there is in fact a weird use of plural world sometimes. Could just be talking in general of the catalog, could be including British narrow gauge stuff, I could be overanalyzing it (Most likely outcome). Either way, they said the announcement would be "Unexpected" and "excite fans of most eras of tv Thomas"
Which is telling, but also vague enough to encourage tons of speculation. Only thing I think for sure is it isn't Trevor, BoCo, Scotsman, or Stepney. Use of tv Thomas rather than Thomas as a whole feel like it'd exclude the RWS, it's not like they are unaware of it after all.
I believe that is everything, hopefully cataloging this info here is useful
so the old thread just got deleted?
Yes. It seems to happen once it gets too big. The first topic was created in 2005 so it's been some time. This is I think the 4th or 5th iteration.
Just one announcement?
Looks like Bachmann added artwork for the N scale LBSC Thomas, Origin James, and the wagon repaints. A lot of the other newly announced products also seem to have pages on the webstore, but no artwork yet.
Prices also appear to have been updated, likely reflecting the tariffs. Probably the most notable change is Rebecca, which went from $299 in the 2025 catalog to $329 on the webstore... yikes.
Rebecca is nearly or pretty much $500 here in Australia...
Odd, I see many products have specific pages for most scales. Henry is noticeably absent on the N-scale section. Though I believe his price tag will be equivalent or relative to $219 (Gordon's current price tag). Can only hope for major progress on these upcoming models so that Bachmann can redeem themselves for next year
In terms of listings everything up to 2025 has a page now except N Scale Henry (probably earlier development than the other 4), Salty (development stalled, they are hoping to have him done by next year but might not be ready to recommit having a page on this website), Gunpowder wagons (development is far along apparently but might be waiting until the gondolas are out to drop the page), N scale Brakeven (nothing has been said on this front since announcement), and G scale LBSC Thomas. I think it's good sign everything else is account for, hoping this means they're confident in all these products dropping sometime next year
Quote from: travel_is_fun on July 13, 2025, 04:01:58 AMOdd, I see many products have specific pages for most scales. Henry is noticeably absent on the N-scale section. Though I believe his price tag will be equivalent or relative to $219 (Gordon's current price tag). Can only hope for major progress on these upcoming models so that Bachmann can redeem themselves for next year
I could see that, especially if they reuse the same motor and chassis from Gordon just like they did in HO.
What about Sir Handel? He just needs a box sample to be ready to ship out right?
Stanley is out !!!
This is so good to see .
I can't wait to see people getting this model .
The NMRA 2025 is this weekend and we will be getting the new HO announcements on Saturday
Same here 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 .
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.
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
Quote from: Awesometrain77 on August 12, 2025, 11:45:04 PMI 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.
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.
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....!
Quote from: Luke22 on August 14, 2025, 10:44:00 PMSo 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.
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.
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.
Quote from: Awesometrain77 on August 19, 2025, 10:46:32 PMSo 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
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 .
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.
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?
Yeah I'd say so . He definitely looks like that in the episode if you rewatch it.
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
This month's big reveal was the unpainted sample of the Narrow Gauge Gunpowder Van. We also saw a 3D printed sample of Bulgy, which is very crude compared to what the final model is going to be, but gives us a good idea. The N Scale LMS Brake Van was cancelled, but they should announce more show-accurate brake vans in the near future. At least N Scale Diesel, Paxton and Henry are still very much in progress and should hopefully have something to show in the very near future.
Sir Handel was recently shown in the package and will arrive in stock sometime very soon. HO Scale DCC Sound-Fitted Thomas and Percy are gunning for late winter/early 2026.
There's only two streams left for 2025. One of them should definitely show the unpainted samples of the N Scale Express Coaches. It's crazy how many products have been getting cancelled lately. We can only hope Duncan eventually gets a second chance.
Bachmann Thomas & Friends Star Ratings
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Hello everyone,
I've been collecting the Bachmann Thomas & Friends range for a long time and I've recently done star ratings for the HO/OO & HOn30/OO9 locomotives that have are in the range. Everything that is rated his is out of 5 stars and they are locomotives that I've purchased and I think it would be a fun idea to rate the models I've bought. If you have any questions on the star ratings, I've be glad to answer any questions.
Thomas 2.5
Percy 2.25
James 3.5
Henry 3.5
Gordon 3.5
Toby 3.75
Spencer 4.75
Emily 4.75
Edward 5
Mavis 4.5
Salty 4.5
Bill 4.5
Ben 4.5
Donald 4.75
Douglas 4.75
Diesel 4.75
Duck 4
Sound-Chipped Thomas 3
Arry 4.75
Bert 4.75
Celebration Thomas 3
Oliver 4
Rosie 4
Paxton 4
Grumpy Diesel: 4.75
Red Rosie 4.5
LBSC Thomas 3.5
Busy Bee James 3.5
Origin James 3.75
Daisy 4
Ryan 5
Beau 2.75
Rebecca 5
Stanley 5
Narrow Gauge:
Skarloey 5
Rheneas 5
Rusty 4
Peter Sam 5
Yellow Rheneas 5
Hey, does anyone know if the figures from the Railway Personnel packs can fit inside of the Narrow Gauge Engines' cabs? Thanks!
Quote from: Kemptown Branch on October 05, 2025, 03:20:20 PMHey, does anyone know if the figures from the Railway Personnel packs can fit inside of the Narrow Gauge Engines' cabs? Thanks!
Unfortunately not, I've tried. All the HO Thomas figures are slightly overscaled.
Quote from: GordonPacific04 on October 05, 2025, 04:51:18 PMQuote from: Kemptown Branch on October 05, 2025, 03:20:20 PMHey, does anyone know if the figures from the Railway Personnel packs can fit inside of the Narrow Gauge Engines' cabs? Thanks!
Unfortunately not, I've tried. All the HO Thomas figures are slightly overscaled.
Sadly, that is the case. I've had the figure packs for a while and have been meaning to get a review up, but life has unfortunately been a little hectic on my end, and I haven't had the time to get around to it. Hopefully, I'll be able to sometime this month.
Quote from: GordonPacific04 on October 05, 2025, 04:51:18 PMQuote from: Kemptown Branch on October 05, 2025, 03:20:20 PMHey, does anyone know if the figures from the Railway Personnel packs can fit inside of the Narrow Gauge Engines' cabs? Thanks!
Unfortunately not, I've tried. All the HO Thomas figures are slightly overscaled.
Thanks!
This month's reveal was the painted sample of the HO Scale Open Carriage, which is now the next thing to join the list of products with painted samples awaiting release.
There's a few other samples that unfortunately didn't make it in time for this stream, but will be seen next month for sure. They must be the N Scale Express Coaches.
Sidney and Mainland Diesel are still very much in progress, and we should see them in early 2026.
I looked at the stream for this evening.
Glad that the open carriage is fully done just and this was one of the products doug was involved with before he retired.
and I'm glad to know that there's progress on sidney and the mainland diesel. (though I've mentioned I'm just hoping they're going to have the faces improved to how they should look like unlike how they did paxton that's just what I'm really hoping for).
and of course I am glad they're adding the flying scotsman to the line. (been busy with life where I've not been active that much). yes it's disappointing the 80th anniversary set was canceled. but doing the flying Scotsman makes up for the canceled set. and also the atticapation for the release of sir handel is coming close.(still am hoping for duncan for 2026).
so it was a nice stream to see what progress has been done. look forward to see what comes next.
Is there still no release date set for Sir Handel?
Quote from: harrison05 on October 10, 2025, 02:20:54 AMIs there still no release date set for Sir Handel?
He is currently scheduled to arrive in November.
Sir Handel is November has me wondering if the late 2025 releases will be
The DCC set
The 80th vans
Sir Handel
Narrow gauge gonalas
Interesting to see the progress on the class 08s glad to see everything has started up again product development wise .
November I definitely see the samples being shown at the trainworld Thomas event
Hello everyone,
Based on Trainworld's special livestream tomorrow, it might be the last Thomas Tuesday for this year (assuming a December stream isn't planned). I look forward to seeing the new prototypes of products that we haven't seen from previous livestreams. Based on the promises of the event, it gives me hope that Bachmann is making an attempt to push out these long overdue products to the shelves. Along with custom made models, it could bring some light before the year comes to a close. It's surprising how close we are to the end of the year. Just wanted to keep the the forum up and running
So it seems sir Handel has been delayed yet again .
On the bright side the 80th vans should be out by Christmas .
The gunpowder vans painted have been shown off as well .
Alongside the new tankers.
I expecting the express coaches however I feel Bachman is trying to get the narrow gauge backlog finished up . But I imagine we will see them by early 2026 .
Salty the class 08s troublesome truck 7 china clay wagon flat wagon with fuel loads flying Scotsman and knapford are some products in HO we don't have much info about . I wonder what will be the focus next .
Although I wasn't able to attend the event at Trainland, I saw pictures and caught some of the stream earlier and it looked like a lot of fun!
Naturally, I'm most excited for Sir Handel, and I'm thrilled he'll be arriving early next year. The gunpowder vans turned out great too; I might have to grab one (or maybe two) of the D. Fusit ones.
Right behind Sir Handel, I'm especially looking forward to the DCC and sound Thomas and Percy models. These have been nearly five years in the making, but I'm so glad they're finally set to release by the end of the year. I've wanted DCC versions of Thomas and Percy for a long time, and I can't wait to run them at train shows when the time comes. It's always a pain to run only analog on our modular setup (especially when I want to have multiple engines moving at once to make it feel alive), so I'm glad this will be resolved by our next show in January!
It's great to see the tankers finished and the 80th anniversary vans making it out in time for the end of the year. Hopefully, these releases open the door to more new HO and OO9 rolling stock announcements in the next catalog. Possibly even a chance for Duncan to be reconsidered too, (though I'm not holding my breath just yet).
I'm a little bummed the N scale Gordon's express coaches didn't make it this time, but hopefully we'll see those soon, along with updates on other previously announced N scale products. I'm doubtful we'll get a new N scale engine announcement in 2026 with so much still in development, but maybe things will change by the NMRA. Fingers crossed for Edward or Duck! I'm sure we will at least get some more N scale rolling stock if nothing else.
OK, so it seems the DCC Thomas and Percy are arriving before the end of the year. Glad to see this happen
So I think the late 2025 shipment will be DCC Thomas DCC Percy classic logo van 1945 van and maybe the large scale DCC set.
Sir Handel seems to be early 2026 .If I were to guess the gondolas will come out around the same time .
We don't know for sure about the tankers and the open coach possibly the same time as Sir Handel but I honestly could see be into late spring 2026 .
The gunpowder wagons are nice and we are missing the tan one . Which I feel we will see very soon . I feel these will be spring or summer 2026 .
Now as for products that are still upcoming Here is the following status for some of them And my guesses for when we can see them come out .
Sidney and Mainland diesel are going along well and we will see samples of them in early 2026 (maybe they will release Q4 2026 )
Salty needs a quieter motor before release (maybe he will be out in fall or summer 2026 )
Flying Scotsman flyer says late 2026 but these flyers are not right most of the time (I would honestly say mid 2027)
China clay wagon confirmed to be in development however load is a new tool however this could be in any stage (I will guess the end of quarter 3 or quarter 4 of 2026 )
Flat wagon with a diesel load I don't remember if we got an update on this I think it was mentioned on a Thomas Tuesday (I could see this come out as early as summer 2026 or as late as early 2027 )
Troublesome Truck 7 apparently some design ideas have been going into this and how the face will work being fit on it but aside from that no real update (I could see this in quarter 2 or quarter 3 2027 )
Bulgy we have actually seen a 3-D printed sample of him ( I could see him come out Summer or Fall 2026)
Sir Handel is out this is sooner then I thought .
The 80th vans and DCC Thomas and Percy are said to be out by the end of the years so we will see them in the next few weeks . No update on the the DCC set but I assume it will be out very soon .
The DCC set and the narrow gauge gonalas could be the start of 2026
Into spring I think the Open coach, the new tankers , and the narrow gauge gunpowder vans will come out around then.
It's nice to see Sir Handel out now, he looks stunning one of the all time greats.
Although given the 2026 initial release window he had I am a little surprised.
The only other products with a 2025 release window were the anniversary vans and they are currently nowhere to be seen, I wonder what's going on there.