I rode a train during Railfest, and 'Thomas' was the most talked about during the trip with the D&S folks.
I took it as only talk about a concept until I read this posting.
The 2 issues that were in question is: mode of power and how to generate puffs of steam/smoke.
If it's being built, I assume that mode of power is determined. If anyone is aware, could you let the rest of us know?
Also, any clues on puffs of steam/smoke? Will this be part of the Thomas trip? Any ideas of how to generate puffs of steam/smoke?
The discussion was that Thomas would run to Hermosa and back. That's still a plenty long journey for 'Thomas'.
Railfest was great this year, and I heard many times "We haven't seen anything yet".