Well needless to say, Bachmann should replicate Nia's appearance from Big World Big Adventures. Not All Engines GO!

QuoteHO Nia
I feel like its a question of when and not if with Nia at the moment. She's is the last engine of the BWBA steam team they'd need to make, unlike Rebecca and other engines she has also been carried over to AEG so I do feel like in 2026 we'll get her announced. Maybe in Jan/Feb, maybe at NMRA. I guess that depends on how much progress they make on Sidney, Mainland and Scotsman.

Nia is the only engine I expect in HO for next year, whether she gets announced in January, February or at the NMRA. Somebody ought to make a separate thread about her.

2026 Catalog:

Nia The Kenyan Engine – New tooling
Rocky The Breakdown Crane – New tooling
Judy & Jerome The Breakdown Cranes - New Tooling

2026 NMRA:

Norman – New tooling

These are my modest 2026 predictions...

Am I the only person that wants Bachmann to do Nia for HO scale?

Sorry, but the Tidmouth roundhouse hasn't been made in N scale, yet.

QuoteRebecca is already in the Bachmann range now, and between her and Nia, seemed the safer choice of BWBA representation. Any other BWBA characters tend to be a combination of too niche and too expensive to warrant making a new tooling of. If Bachmann were to make anything else from the BWBA era, I feel like Nia is the only one that would get a new tooling, with Gina not far behind her; any other character would need to be something that can be repurposed from an old Bachmann USA tooling or one of the Class 08 repaints.

I for one would LOVE to get my hands on a Bachamnn Nia along with Rebecca.

This thread is for posting your own Thomas-esque track plans.

Am I the only person wishing for an HO Whiff & Rocky?

At this point, I'm praying for Bachmann to do HO Whiff & Rocky.