I was just looking on the Trainworld website, and they apparently have listed a Large Scale Christmas themed Thomas with a removable snowplow.

https://www.trainworld.com/bachmann-91412-g-thomas-the-tank-engine-christmas-w-removeable-snowplow.html

Quite the shadow drop announcement, but it's one I welcome nonetheless if it's a real thing! (if any admin or someone wants to weigh in on that, cause it's not on the official bachmann website)

Ever Since the Christmas Thomas set and the Snowplough were discontinued, I've always wanted a snow clearing Large scale Thomas, so this is a pretty good move on Bachmann's end. I assumed the large scale line was on death's doormat in the current economy, so It's good to see that there is still an spark in the Large Scale line, from both Bachmann and Consumers.

I am also down with resin buildings making a return. But taking critical approach, my biggest concern would definitely be the cost, especially in the current economy. (Even if I would buy them out of consumer loyalty regardless.) Also the Scene Scapes Resin buildings were all discontinued in 2023 and Bachmann has not produced any Resin Buildings since, so I assumed that resin buildings were dead in the water for the US market, as typically buildings are a one and done buy, and take up way more space and don't have as much demand as Engines and Rolling stock. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the resin buildings for the Thomas range. But I can't help but see the line between what us fans want and what is realistically feasible and profitable from a business perspective. However, the internet has gained much more exposure to the bachmann thomas range especially with Bachmann now taking more reception from what the fans want thanks to the Bachmann forums and the Thomas Tuesday livestreams. With the resurgence of demand for the resin buildings from older fans, and an increase of several new fans who never got the chance to obtain these buildings, I don't think it is completely off the table, it just has to be approached right.

If we are tying ourselves down to the Small, Recognizable, and versatile for general model railway use, I would love to see ones like the Signal box, trackside station, and black loch folly return.

I pretty much agree with everything Terence said, so I don't have much to add, but I'll advocate for a few of my top picks.

Narrow Gauge Engine shed -



OO9 is a prime market to strike for resin buildings. Been wanting one of these for a while, The Granite Rheneas sheds would be my top pick, but any of the skarloey sheds or depot sheds would be welcome as well.

Ffarquhar -
 


I know we're going with smaller buildings, but Ffarquhar station is one of, if not THE most Iconic thomas station. It was used in the classic series intro, and has remained relevant in CGI ever since it's return in The Adventure begins. Every fan would be over the moon if this got announced, and is one I can see selling very well.

An Idea I have is going the Hornby route and sell the station and platforms separately. I used to be hate the idea of this, trust me I know most of you will raise an eyebrow at this. But cost wise, say you already have usable platforms, so you just buy the station. Or if you need more Thomas platforms then you can buy more of those. You want both, than just buy both as if they were one. Maybe unrealistic, but just a thought.

Haunted Mine -



This is actually an Idea I've grown to love, it's a very industrial piece of architecture that I feel could work for any layout.

This will be a thread I can definitely see myself coming back to, and adding new ideas, but these would be my top picks. Don't want to dilute the water with too much.

Here's a question I'll ask and leave you all with, as I feel everyone's answers are important to this topic.
What exactly is the appeal of the Resin buildings, and what advantage do they have over a simple plastic or card kit?

I will also say the prototype (which was photoshopped) looked better and didn't have these problems.



Might be a dumb comparison, but If the green Talyllyn model was able to get a different color sample then I'd like to see it happen here as well.

I'm not gonna lie, I really don't like the font they used for the new flat wagon with diesel fuel load. It looks too cartoony and looks nothing like it did in season 8.



In the show it used a more hard edged font, like you would see on industrial wagons in real life.



I didn't expect it to bother me this much, and I really don't know why they chose the comic sans esc font on the final design, but I would strongly advocate to have it changed. I know realistically production is already too far ahead for it, but if enough people push for it (which I'm sure they'll be alot), anything could be possible. Just my thoughts.

Quote from: GordonPacific04 on July 24, 2025, 06:05:32 PMSo something I would really like to advocate for is having straight lining for the corridor tenders like in real life.

For some odd reason the lining on the CGI render of Scotsman has indented lining as if it were for a fowler tender (like Gordon's), which weirdly enough was a problem that started with the Ertl and Hornby Thomas models so I don't know why that was. Bottom line is I would vastly prefer straight lining on the corridor tenders.

This is something I probably wouldn't even be mentioning, however the newly released 2025 motorized Flying Scotsman actually corrected the lining to be straight, so if it's possible there, I'd like to see it on the Bachmann model.

Another thing I want to advocate for is having corridor tender lining as shown as shown on the new 2025 motorized toy, as I feel most fans prefer that and is more accurate to real life. To reiterate, I wouldn't even be bringing this up if the new motorized toy didn't graciously do it, so if it's possible there, I would LOVE to see it on the new Bachmann model.

These are suggestions that I know realistically may not happen, (again, don't know how far along into production Scotsman is), but would be nice to see and would definitely please the majority.

Overall I am still very excited for the new release of Bachmann Flying Scotsman and will be purchasing him as soon as he comes out! Thank you again Bachmann for this lovely announcement! I'm sure it will please alot of fans!

Quote from: GordonPacific04 on August 12, 2025, 07:31:45 PMSo a couple things confirmed about Flying Scotsman in today's Thomas Tuesday stream.

- Will be Reusing Gordon's chassis
- Body and tenders will be new toolings
- Matt said he would ideally like to have the standard hook and loop couplers between the tenders, but will ultimately come down to what's most cost effective.
- Will look like how he did in CGI, so the tenders will have 6 wheels

In my opinion, don't care too much about having 6 wheels on the tenders, though I do hope we'll have the standard hook and loop couplers between the tenders. I'm a bit bummed that he'll be using Gordon's chassis, as the siderods are too thick and it's a bit underscale. I would have preferred he use Spencer's chassis because it counters all of those points, but maybe the giant eye mech had something to do with it. It is what it is though.

Seeing Scotsman in the 2026 catalog made me want to stir the pot with this thread again.

Pretty much agree with everything I said here back in August. Not sure how far along production is, but I do want to strongly advocate for Scotsman using Spencer's Chassis and not Gordon's, as proportionally it's better and the chunky side rods are a bit of an eyesore.

Quote from: TerencetheTractor525 on January 25, 2026, 09:37:51 AMYesterday, I had the opportunity to attend the Amherst Train Show for the first time, and of course, one of the first goals was to head over to the Bachmann booth to converse with some familiar faces and check out the new 2026 catalog. With a fresh mind, here are my overall thoughts.

Beginning with the positives, it is good to see another announcement in Large Scale. The funfair vans offer new paint schemes that will continue to brighten garden railroads featuring the Thomas line, and they are memorable pieces from the show. The reintroduction of the milk tanker is nice as well. I reckon the paint scheme will match the HO version, with brown framing.

The other positive is the classic model era blue wagon announced in N scale. This is a favorite of mine, that has unfortunately been discontinued in HO. Mr. Jolly's Van is also a decent choice, but not one I expected at this time. And given the coal wagon with load and BR brake van have been the most popular requests for N scale rolling stock, I hope those will be announced next.

To be honest, I think the HO announcements were the weakest this time, not because of the fact that there is no newly tooled engine announced or new tooling in general, but because of the choices for recolors. I know many were anticipating the brake van from the canceled set, so I'm all for that. However, for the other two, I think a well wagon reintroduction, green china clay wagon, or Gordon's special coaches would have been more eclectic, and hence enticing amongst fans. That being stated, I'm sure there are fans who will purchase these.

The biggest disappointment is that Knapford Station is officially cancelled, due to the high RRP. To be blunt, I do find it somewhat strange that Rebecca, a controversial new computer generated character who is not a top seller received the green light as a product with expensive RRP, while arguably the most iconic station did not. Moreover, I know the engines and rolling stock generally sell better than the buildings, but the range has really felt empty with a lack of buildings in it. Even small, popular buildings such as an oil depot, coal hopper, or round water tower reintroduction, would fill that void, all of which would not be too expensive as well as work in resin or plastic.

All in all, not the most convincing announcement, but not bad either. As always, very grateful for the new announcements and optimistic for the road that lies ahead.

I generally agree. Not every year has to have a bunch of new groundbreaking announcements, so I'm cool with bachmann having a catch-up year.

Knapford station getting canceled is a big loss in my opinion, as I know several fans were anticipating it's reintroduction.

I do like the new Ffarquhar Quarry cars, love that they're doing RWS inspired rolling stock now. The other two don't excite me as much. I agree that I want the well wagon to return and would LOVE to see Gordon's Special coaches.

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.

So a couple things confirmed about Flying Scotsman in today's Thomas Tuesday stream.

- Will be Reusing Gordon's chassis
- Body and tenders will be new toolings
- Matt said he would ideally like to have the standard hook and loop couplers between the tenders, but will ultimately come down to what's most cost effective.
- Will look like how he did in CGI, so the tenders will have 6 wheels

In my opinion, don't care too much about having 6 wheels on the tenders, though I do hope we'll have the standard hook and loop couplers between the tenders. I'm a bit bummed that he'll be using Gordon's chassis, as the siderods are too thick and it's a bit underscale. I would have preferred he use Spencer's chassis because it counters all of those points, but maybe the giant eye mech had something to do with it. It is what it is though.

So something I would really like to advocate for is having straight lining for the corridor tenders like in real life.

For some odd reason the lining on the CGI render of Scotsman has indented lining as if it were for a fowler tender (like Gordon's), which weirdly enough was a problem that started with the Ertl and Hornby Thomas models so I don't know why that was. Bottom line is I would vastly prefer straight lining on the corridor tenders.

This is something I probably wouldn't even be mentioning, however the newly released 2025 motorized Flying Scotsman actually corrected the lining to be straight, so if it's possible there, I'd like to see it on the Bachmann model.

Quote from: Yard Master on July 23, 2025, 02:04:36 PMHi all,

I corrected the spelling in the thread title.

Matt will have more to share about Flying Scotsman on the next Thomas Tuesday livestream.

Thanks a bunch!

100% my fault on the typo, it was a mix of the excitement and the fact that I have terribel spellimg

Is there any way I can change it somehow?

Quote from: MrNormalDraws on July 19, 2025, 10:53:35 PMI wasn't expecting they would make Scotsman as I think some of the staff said that they only gonna make another tender engine depending on how Rebecca sells (and the fact this is a two tender engine), but I guess the sales on her may've convinced Bachmann.

Looking at the date, I think makes sense as 2026 would mark the 10th anniversary of the Great Race which is where Scostman was introduced. I'm thinking they may reused Spencer's chassis as the Behind the Scenes page says that was what the animators used for Scotsman. So at least that can be less time consuming. I wonder if the smoke deflectors would be static or movable based on what happened in the special.

Had this at the back of my mind, and yeah using Spencer's chassis makes the most sense. I'm sure it won't be the exact same but I would definitely prefer that over Gordon's. We'll have to wait and see about the quality of Stanley's mechanism considering he uses Thomas', interested to see how that will turn out.  Bachmann Spencer is one of the few models I don't own, so if anyone's able to take a closer look at his chasis and mechanism to get a better idea. Looking on the parts store, obviously the moving eye mech definitely won't fit but I could see the wheels working out with a reworked rear trailing wheel. 

In regards to the smoke deflectors, would love it if they could somehow slide or change position, but I'm not sure how likely that is. In the render shown, it does look like they're forward slightly. If they had to choose, I would vote for them to be slid forward like the basis and during the engine race in The Great Race.

Out of my Excitement for the announcement of The Flying Scotsman in HO scale, I'm Starting this topic thread!



First Impressions, wow. This was an announcement that came completely out of left field. It was always a possibility that's been thrown around, but no one's ever thought twice about it. That said, as an A1 pacific fan (and an unapologetic Flying Scotsman fanboy), I'm over the moon about the announcement!

I know some people aren't crazy about the CGI render, which is fair. I, on the other hand, actually really like it. It's a cool fictional hybrid design that compliments Gordon well in my opinion. I don't mind the 6 wheel tenders, and I like the smoke deflectors.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the first time we have seen this render of Scotsman. It looks similar to the reference pictures we see sometimes, (like for Sir Handel), However the face is smaller than the smokebox here so it is entirely possible that this is new or altered. So it looks like he'll have all of his CGI features, including the Smoke Deflectors, the Banjo dome, and the LNER style headcode lamps, which I'm super excited about.

Another topic of contention which I'm sure will be thrown around is if he'll reuse the Gordon/Henry Chassis, considering they did something similar with Stanley. Scotsman's wheels are bigger, so I could see it going either way. I'll be honest, the thicker siderods never bothered me too much, but I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't Like to see a new Chassis. A new chassis would satisfy most fans and considering the quality on the newer mechanisms, it would be much appreciated.

Those are just my initial thoughts, once again, I'm so excited for this!

Was very grateful for all of Doug's work and support for the Thomas fans and franchise! I'm honored that I was able to be able to be on a Thomas Tuesday stream with him! I wish him well in his well deserved retirement!