With a LOT of new releases coming up very shortly, including some between late December and early 2025, much of the backlog is already going to be cleared up. Maybe we will get some good announcements in the 2025 catalog.

The next newly-tooled engine for HO Scale will most likely be Whiff. Gold Thomas can be the special 80th Anniversary HO Scale repaint, along with a possible Silver Percy and Bronze Diesel, which could most likely be saved for the NMRA. The N Scale 80th Anniversary repaints can be LBSC Thomas and Origin James. With N Scale Diesel/Paxton and Henry not even having samples shown yet, it may be too early to announce Edward, but the NMRA for sure should announce N Scale Edward. Bachmann needs to announce Edward at some point in the near future in order to complete the original Steam Team in N Scale. They can then move onto making Duck, Oliver, Donald, Douglas, or even Daisy in N Scale.

If Flying Scotsman ever does get made in HO Scale, they may have to make his second tender sold separately. He would 100% be a new tooling since Gordon's chassis is disproportionate in HO Scale. Though he could easily recycle Gordon's chassis in N Scale. Same for Spencer if he was to get made in N Scale at some point. For the next tender engine in HO Scale, everyone wants Hiro. It may be a while before he gets announced, depending on how well Rebecca sells.

To make up for Duncan's cancellation, Bachmann should announce Luke for the HOn30 Scale range. It's possible for the 2025 catalog. Hopefully for the January stream at the earliest, we'll then be shown Sir Handel's painted sample, with his image being in the catalog. Not a Thomas product, but since Talyllyn is finally in stock, Bachmann should soon announce Dolgoch, using Rheneas' tooling.

Just about to arrive in stock are HO Scale Rebecca, 12-Ton Vans, Sir Topham Hatt's Car, N Scale Gordon, Emily, Emily's Coaches, and Henrietta. Products that will arrive between late December and early 2025 include the N Scale Emily set, Hannah, and the Narrow Gauge Slate Wagon repaints. All of those products were shown in the package. Even the HO Scale figures were shown packaged, but those will arrive sometime in 2025.

No painted sample of Sir Handel just yet. If he does not show up on the webstore by the end of the year, then we can hope for him to be shown in the January stream, or the 2025 catalog. We did get a better look at HO Scale Stanley, who had already been fully painted. Not yet shown in the package, but will be a 2025 product.

That's it for Trainworld for this year, and we'll see them again in January 2025.

So Bachmann didn't intend to reuse Gordon's chassis for N Scale Henry. I thought it would make the most sense for Henry to reuse Gordon's chassis. It doesn't mean he won't reuse Gordon's chassis, but we won't know for sure until his unpainted sample is eventually revealed. I have no idea how different it could possibly be, barring the trailing wheels. Does this mean that Henry will 100% be a new tooling from Gordon? We know Edward will 100% be a new tooling once he's announced.

Tomorrow will be the last Trainworld stream for the year, and will return in January 2025.

I hope we'll get to see stuff we haven't already seen, like new unpainted samples of anything, or Sir Handel fully painted. We'll most likely be shown Stanley's painted sample, which is already on the webstore. This stream should for sure show N Scale Gordon and Emily in packaging, as well as HO Scale Rebecca in the package. If Sir Handel's painted sample isn't shown, then all we can hope is for him to suddenly show up on the webstore like Stanley did.

Products still awaiting unpainted samples include the HO Scale Open Carriage, Bulgy, Narrow Gauge Gondolas and Gunpowder Wagons, N Scale Diesel/Paxton and Express Coaches. It's too early to expect a sample of N Scale Henry, but I can't imagine he'd take that long, considering he's recycling Gordon's chassis without the trailing wheels, so he's bound to have a sample sometime in early 2025.

With the Talyllyn variants arriving in stock, soon will be the time for Bachmann to announce Dolgoch, using Rheneas' tooling.

If not the 2025 catalog, then the NMRA for sure should announce N Scale Edward. We desperately need more N Scale rolling stock announcements, like non-troublesome 7-plank wagons, as well as Milk and Tar Tankers, a gray logoless van, and a BR Brake Van, which can also be used for the Spiteful Brake Van. The LMS Brake Van we're getting would be the tooling for Bradford.

We recently saw the 12-Ton Vans packaged, and those will arrive in stock very shortly. We also saw the N Scale Emily set packaged, but that was confirmed for a 2025 release. We also now know that the Narrow Gauge Slate Wagon repaints are coming in 2025. All the products confirmed for a 2025 release (at this moment) are the HO Scale figures, Stanley, Sir Handel, the Narrow Gauge High-Side Wagons and Slate Wagon repaints, the N Scale Emily set and Hannah, and the Large Scale DCC Thomas set.

Fingers crossed we see Sir Handel fully painted by the end of this year. He could suddenly show up on the webstore like Stanley did.

Stanley already has a painted sample, and his official image has been posted on the webstore. All that before even being revealed on a Trainworld stream. Nice to already see Stanley fully painted, even before the November Trainworld stream. Hope to see Sir Handel fully painted soon as well.

Yard Master has spoken.

Bachmann UK has no input on upcoming products and any new product announcements will come from Bachmann USA. The only thing Bachmann UK does to Thomas models is modify existing products slightly to meet their standards and nothing more. They will not have their own separate new products for the Thomas range. Apparently, people were asking about that.

We still have no word on the DCC Sound models that will be available stateside, and the only clue is their product listing. They were announced in 2020, but still have yet to see light of day. The insane wait was mainly caused by the semiconductor shortage that went on at the time. Thomas was the only engine to be made using analog sound. Nonetheless, the DCC Sound Thomas and Percy have been on hold for over four years, and Salty's reintroduction has also been on indefinite hold for technical reasons.

Sir Handel also won't be shipping until 2025, given that his painted sample hasn't been revealed yet, but he was shown unpainted fairly recently. We can still hope Sir Handel will be shown fully painted by the end of this year. Same for Stanley. The HO Scale figures should also be shipping in 2025.

Hope it won't be too much longer before we see unpainted samples of the HO Scale Open Carriage, Narrow Gauge Gondola, and N Scale Express Coaches. We most likely won't see N Scale Diesel/Paxton unpainted before 2025, but could be early 2025. It may not take terribly long to get N Scale Henry's unpainted sample since he is recycling Gordon's chassis (minus the trailing wheels), but the tender will be different, as well as the body mold having some differences. It may be a while before we see HO Scale Sidney and Mainland Diesel.

So, N Scale Emily and her coaches will be available next month, but the set won't arrive until 2025. Guess I should be relieved because that means I'll just be getting N Scale Gordon and Henrietta next month, and won't have as big of a hole in my budget. I won't have the N Scale Emily set until a much later date, which gives me much more time to save up.

I pre-ordered the N Scale Emily set, rather than Emily and her coaches separately because I thought I might as well just get the set. I assume the Narrow Gauge slate wagon repaints are also going to be 2025 products.

Sounds like a lot of new products will be arriving in stock this November.

HO Scale:
Rebecca
12-Ton Vans
Sir Topham Hatt's Car

N Scale:
Gordon
Emily, Coaches and Set
Henrietta

I'm at least getting all the N Scale products that are arriving in stock next month. The Narrow Gauge High-Side Wagons will be shipping in early 2025. Don't know about the new slate wagons. It might be the same for them. It's only a matter of time before unpainted samples of the Narrow Gauge Gondola and N Scale Express Coaches come in, as well as the HO Scale Open Carriage.

Oh, I must have forgotten the Talyllyn coaches were shown. I also forgot that December doesn't usually have streams.

We'll be lucky to see Stanley's painted sample in the November stream, and maybe even Sir Handel at a stretch. If not, then we most likely won't see Sir Handel fully painted until 2025.

I'm still hoping N Scale Gordon and Henrietta could arrive in stock soon. It may not be until November, considering neither were shown packaged. N Scale Emily, her coaches and set, may have been delayed to 2025.

The Duncan thread got locked because of the model being cancelled, and the topic became nothing but pure speculation of sales. It most likely won't be unlocked unless Duncan eventually gets back in the picture.

Anyway, I'm hoping the Narrow Gauge coaches arrive back in stock at some point on Trainworld. We still haven't seen the Talyllyn coaches yet. The November Thomas Tuesday stream could possibly show Stanley's painted sample. We recently saw painted samples of the Narrow Gauge High-Side Wagons, though we haven't seen an unpainted sample of the Narrow Gauge Gondola yet. We can also hope it won't be too much longer before we see unpainted samples of the N Scale Express Coaches. We may not see N Scale Diesel/Paxton until 2025. If we don't see Sir Handel's painted sample for the December stream, then that will definitely be for 2025.

The blue Narrow Gauge coach has been out of stock for months. At least on Trainworld.

After N Scale gets Edward, the next engine will then have to be Duck, followed by Oliver. Once we get the Great Western duo in N Scale, we can then push for characters like Mavis, Spencer, Donald and Douglas. The Scottish twins could possibly recycle Duck's chassis, and I can see them being made once we get Duck and Oliver in N Scale. Mavis would be a great choice because she would be a diesel that isn't a Class 08, and she would recycle Thomas' chassis like Toby. With Henry on the horizon, and like him, Spencer can also recycle Gordon's chassis, and he should be the next BIG engine for the N Scale range.

Considering Bachmann has the tooling for Bradford, he could also be the next rolling stock to be exclusive to N Scale, which could also have Samson later on. If Bradford gets made, that would literally be his first ever piece of merchandise. Could Samson someday become the first engine for the N Scale range who doesn't already exist in HO Scale? He may not recycle Percy's chassis since he has bigger wheels than Percy. He might be made in HO Scale too at some point.