Sorry if this has been posted before, are there any articles or videos about the layout they used to film the Thomas/Shining Time TV shows? It's been a favorite of my kids, I like watching it because it looks like an excellent layout.
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Thomas the Tank Engine television series layout?
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I was always wondering that myself. I watched the show on Good Ole PBS, back when I was a kid. I know they have a NEW version I think it is still presented by Britt-Alacroft. But, It would be interesting to see the track plan.
Back in the Mid-90's Model Railroader ran an article on how the series was shot. I guess you could find it by searching the all time magazine index on trains.com .
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In fact, there simply is no Thomas layout. The show is filmed on various scenicked modules or tables up to around 20' in length, re-built or created new as the script calls for by a team of on-set model builders. The idea than there is actually a true layout depicting the Island of Sodor for this show is simply a myth.
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CNJ999 wrote:In fact, there simply is no Thomas layout. The idea than there is actually a true layout depicting the Island of Sodor for this show is simply a myth.CNJ999Oh, and I suppose there's no such thing as Santa, either
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I am enjoying this conversation, but I don't believe animatronic steam engines that peep belong in *scale* model railroading. Off to the garden we go...
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Ouch Otto.. Ouch.. that hurts........ plus we all know... THIER FACES ARE TO SCALE COME ON... plus them little HO models... thier HO...SCALE!!!!..
Yes, I believe thomas was based on LGB trains. The original release of thomas as a model train was in LGB by Lionel. I used to have it.
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If you read the Wiki about the Island of Sodor, you'll see the authors of the original Railway Series did a fair amount of "proto-freelancing," creating a whole history of the railways on the island, including nationalization in 1948! There's a rhyme and reason for everything on the fictional island...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodor_%28f ... _island%29
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Well bust my buffers! Thomas has nothing to do with "scale" model railroading? We'll see what Sir Topham Hatt has to say about this! So much for Thomas and Gordon being really useful engines for my boys as they shunt the industries on my layout. Hmmm, "scale" model railroading: plastic engines with electric motors running on track with plastic ties. Sounds like toys to me.
Otto Vondrak wrote:I am enjoying this conversation, but I don't believe animatronic steam engines that peep belong in *scale* model railroading. Off to the garden we go...Egad, Otto! It is the Bachman HO Thomas trains that are making my son a fan of SCALE model railroading. On my railroad, Thomas, James and Percy can chug by my weathered Penn Central diesels anytime.
And visit any model railroad club's open house and see what trains the kids enjoy the most...
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That does it, I'm calling George Carlin....
I don't think he'll appreciate anyone dissing his pal Thomas.
Ringo, a sad song please!
That does it, I'm calling George Carlin....
I don't think he'll appreciate anyone dissing his pal Thomas.
Ringo, a sad song please!
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