I am doing a 12-8 layout. My personal plan is to have an incline track going around the first half of the layout with Gordon and his coaches on it. I'm also putting an area for shunting and a lot of connected switch track going along one of the sides of the layout. If your looking for more scenic though I would say that mountains, water, and a background would be awesome. The different Thomas props like Timouth Sheds, Knatford station, and the lighthouse would look great on it.

I would honestly do the same. The whole reason I got into Ho trains was because my grandfather had a layout when I was a kid and he had a bunch of those coaches with his Thomas trains. So I would like to be able to do the same thing. Plus I think the coaches look really nice with Henry or Edward.

I don't know if this has been talked about already but is there any info on remaking the red express coaches that were discontinued. I've always love the coaches but no one sells them and I would think there would be a chance since we got Gordon's coaches back with an updated paint job.

That would be awesome. I have always been a Thomas and the magic railroad fan and it would be amazing to see a diesel 10 model. They could also add lady and "splodge"