Yeah Duncan is so far away right now it's insane . I expect to see the prototype of him summer 2025 if we are lucky for a late 2026 release .

I feel as if Stanley's unpainted prototype could shown off at the NMRA 2024 next month .

Maybe for September Thomas Tuesday we could see sir Handel .

Here is my final NMRA prediction / hopes as the show is next month

HO scale
Arry
Bert
Troublesome truck 7 van
Lei
McColls cattle van
Circus cattle van


Narrow gauge
Skalroey set
Comes with skaloey , slate wagon with blue mountain quarry slate load, and brown brakevan
It would come with a loop of narrow gauge track

Exclusive Set products
Blue slate load
Brown narrow gauge brakevan


N scale
Henry
Sodor coal  wagon with coal load
Sodor scrap wagon
Mining wagon
Spikeful brakevan


 

On the stream they said something about Stanley shipping at the end of the year idk how true this could be .

Tbh I don't think we are gonna see much new toolings for NMRA this year we still have the open coach , Duncan , and some narrow gauge rolling stock . We have yet to see any updates on . Not to mention sir Handel seems to be behind Stanley .
 

An idea I had was for Spencer's brake coach we have a composite coach But not a brake coach

I think a brake coach for Spencer is 16 years overdue .

Troublsome truck 7 is also over due I think it's gonna be the LNER 12 ton van.

Lei could also happen as he is a LNER 12 ton van .

And both would add more trucks with faces to the Bachmann range .

Been thinking about future releases in the rolling stock department . Tankers we have a ton of tankers 7 on total compared to 2 cattle cars . So I think More cattle  cars are needed for the 2024 NMRA

Meaning that there are more versions of James then cattle cars options

My pics for the solutions to this problem are

Circus cattle car
McColls Cattle car
Farmer trotter cattle car

The circus one is a good option since the circus vans have been so popular and they have not even came out yet

McColls cattle car was a cancelled item from 2017 but unlike g scale diesel this item never happened . And I think it deserves a chance and could also fit in with the new figure picks

Farmer trotter cattle car - pink wagon with farm logo
This could work for the same reason as McColls ones

Here are predictors for some future products for later this year and 2025

Diesel 10 with removable claw
Arry and Bert rerelease
Glow in the dark Henry
Trevor
Cattle car Circus
Cattle car brown
Cattle car pink
Trouble truck #7 van
Lei
Judy
Jerome
Faceless classic breakdown crane
Works unit coach green
Works unit coach blue
Work unit coach orange
Gordon's special coach composite
Gordon's special coach break

DCC Thomas and Percy set
 
Narrow gauge set with skarloey 2 trucks and a exclusive brown NG break van 

I  do belive there was a statement said about diesel 10 I think they could figure out a way around this . Him and havery sound like great options and would become best sellers . if you put pinchy infront of the cab windows it could likely work . Harvey idk how they could do him but I would love to see them both and if they can figure out how to do them they must be the next engines in the range and my picks for 2025 . I also think diesel 10 could just have a removable claw .


Now as for repaint engine wise
Glow in the dark Henry

Modified tooling could see smudger or Sidney
 Nia  and whiff could happen soon along with an Arry and Bert rerelease

 
In summery the engines I think could happen soon are
Diesel 10 with removable claw
Glow in the dark Henry
Smudger
Sidney
Havery without moving eyes but rotatable crane
Arry and Bert
Nia
Whiff

If this is the case, I could see Harvey and diesel 10 be in the next models Bachmann could make both are popular toys both having toys at the very end when all the stuff was discontinued In favor of the reboot .

Due to the huge backlog of products I doubt we will many huge projects anytime soon .
However there are some retooling or repaints we could see .

Glow in the dark Henry - from Henry in the dark
Smudger - he only appears in the model series however he is a simple repaint with a new face and could be a great limited release item

As for some rolling stock from Bachmann UK that they could bring into the range.
Bradford
BR 22 ton hopper

Sidney and flying Scotsman are some others
Flying Scotsman - could reuse Gordon's chasis but would need a new shell and tender mold . Water tender could be sold separately.
Sidney - could reuse Paxton and diesels shell but would need a new eye mech 

Alright we just saw the new vans I love the attention to detail can't wait to pick some of these vans up soon the funfair ones having different designs on the front and back is super nice . I expect them to be out around the same time we see Rebecca .

Glad Beau is out . Do well still know if he will be kept as a limited release or will he be a permanent stay in the range . Last I heard they are considering keeping him in the range

I belive that DCC Thomas is one of trainworld top pre orders.

Now I have some DCC suggestions

James Gordon and Toby would be nice to see soon

A Thomas version of the DCC 2 engine set would also be cool
It would come with Thomas,Percy, green mail car , cream tanker (set exclusive re-release ) , and spikeful brakevan.

Whiff is someone cool that we should see soon . The only other characters that appear in both model and CGI engine wise that Bachmann has yet to do is havery whiff and diesel 10 . Whiff could be hard to put his glasses on his face .Harvey is super tall and I doubt he could happen . Diesel 10 would be a best seller but the claw is hard however diesel 10 could fit NMRA standards if they put his claw infont of the cab windows and make it removable .
So Diesel 10 and whiff could happen if Bachmann figures out a way which I am sure they will considering they have gotten brake rigging on rebbecca .

I do think this years NMRA is gonna be quiet. My picks for this years NMRA for HO is the following

Arry
Bert 
Well wagon with Bert the miniature engine load
Troublesome truck #7

Henry I belive is next my predictions for the NMRA 2024 N scale announcements are the following

Henry
1 plank wagon with brendam cargo and freight crate
1 plank wagon with Sodor steam works crate
Thomas saves Santa's sleigh set

 

I honestly would not be surprised if the gondolas not shown in 2025 catalogue 

I hope to see a painted sample of the high side wagons hopefully by the end of the year

Sir Handel has taken a long time but what about the backlog of NG wagons there are 3 wagon projects I belive