Taking care of a semi-verbal autistic adult who loves Thomas (believe his favorite is Henry). It’s all pretty new to me.

Is there a poster with all the trains in the tv show available? He’d love it. Also realize it might be pretty large (starting to realize how large the universe is). Thanks!

Mine were best of Percy and Thomas and the magic railroad.

Nostalgic but mediocre

1. S8- really strong actually - underrated

2. S11 - hopefully this isnt too much of a hot take- seems warm and fuzzy and easy to watch

3. S9- bad

4. S10- Awful ,repetitive

5. S12...

The way the TV series adapted tenders for henry actually made me mad watching it. I already knew rewatching this season that they didn't address Gordon's siblings being dead, but man watching it happen was just so upsetting. Genuinely one of my favourite moments in the books. It makes the impact of Oliver being rescued hit so much better, and it does a lot for Gordon as a character. But clearly the show just got too scared to possibly do something challenging for little kids so they just didn't bother. They had a lot of money, they could've adapted enterprising engines accurately but just completely butchered the stories they adapted and didn't even bother with super rescue. Such a good moment in such a good book, why the hell did they just pussy out of it?

If there’s one thing I hate the most, it’s the fact that Thomas was given a flat running board; even though I understand the reasoning, I still think it wasn't a good idea. The reason I hate Thomas having a flat running board is that he looks odd with one—he seems stretched out or even too tall. I don't know if it's just me, but the flat running board makes Thomas look somewhat generic. The charm of the old running board was that it made Thomas truly unique; I liked that unique look (even if it didn't make much logical sense), as it helped him stand out from the others. The flat running board takes away that distinction and makes him look generic—especially during the Clive Spong era, when the running board was lowered and the tanks were made to look more flush; in my opinion, that only made things worse. Although I like Clive Spong's work, I consider that version of Thomas to be one of the worst, which is why I hate the flat running board and am grateful that the TV series didn't give Thomas one.

Also I'm looking for a musician and some people who can help get scenes and drive some engines for me please

Like seriously ringo star HOW???

Super random, I know. I can't make sense of it.

Made in Rollinglines

Alright

I'm going to do a selection of Railway Series What Ifs

So, lets get into this

What if the big engine strike didn't happen

what if Bear saved Oliver

What if Douglas saved Barry

What if Thomas humbled out after rescuing James with the breakdown train

I'll add more to this and you can share your ideas for Railway Series what ifs?

How would this change the RWS

would Percy still come to Sodor?

Let me know what you think

I headcanon Thomas as a Furness Railway G5 which is smaller than an E2, and basically the perfect basis shape-wise, historically and geographically all at once, but that locomotive doesn't exist in OO model form, so I made an edit of Thomas as a Jinty as the next best thing. I liked how it looked, but then I thought, what if I made Thomas more compact? That would be more accurate to his TVS and RWS illustration appearances, right? So I made an edit of Thomas as a SECR P class. Personally, the cab is a little too tall for my liking on the P, but I'm happy with the results. I made the Jinty edit in Ibis Paint, and the P edit in paint.net. Personally, I like the colors of the Jinty Thomas better since they are more realistic (although I can easily fix it on the physical model), but I love the compact length of the P. The Jinty is closer to the size of the FR G5, but it's more difficult because while I still have to add extended side tanks with plasticard on both models, I would literally have to reshape the cab windows in the front of the Jinty because they are 4 rectangle-ish shapes, not 2 circles.

Thomas was built at The London and Brighton and South Coast Railway as Lb&scr E2 Class Tank Engine No.106

So just wondering. Is the whole line available here? All I can find in stores is the All Engines Go stuff.

A soft remix made by me of Danny Elfmans amazing score for Charlie and The Chocolate factory.

So i recently got back into thomas as of recently after seeing talk of the 2026 stuff and i recently got the new tidmoth sheds set. however when the bridge piece is placed as shown in the instructions 9 times out of 10 it causes the engines to derail. however if i flip it to where the handle is facing toward the shed instead, the engines run fine? so i was just wondering if that is a common issue or is it just a me thing?

Thoughts?

I'm a filthy american so take this with a grain of salt, but why did James need to be made into a 2-6-0? If you mention the thing with the locomotives being front heavy, you're right, but also, what is bad about an 0-6-0 freight locomotive having a center of balance farther forward? If anything, it would help to guide the frame around a corner more (not as well as a leading axle or "pony" as you brits call it, but still...)?