I feel like for the Ffarquhar branch line, there should be a tramway that runs from Ffarquhar station to the quarry. I'm not saying this is a dovetails thing, in fact I probably blame this on the CGI era, but people sometimes forget that Toby was brought on because the line to the quarry ran through a tramway and Thomas was unqualified to run the tramway after being stopped by the policeman so Toby, who is a Tram engine was brought on. I also just like how tramways look, a train running through the road with towns and cars, and buses running along the line. And I think it would be a clever way to create that lane where Mavis got stuck. I do not know if dovetails can go back and remake the areas of the map, but if they do, they should add a tramway.
There isn't a lot of Ffarquhar to run into in the game, is there? There's the station...and then buildings further away from the tracks. I admit I haven't seen all the books so I'm not that familiar with Toby, but in the game the tracks don't really go "through" the village like it does on other routes. Granted, Toby would be a fun addition. Is there more to the tracks that aren't in game going into the village proper? Could that be added later? I know there are plenty of other lines that remain to be added anyway.
Yes, there is not much to the game right now, which speaks volumes to how the consensus is how this game was rushed and not finished yet. When I saw the books, I remembered that the Narration said that the line to the quarry runs some distance along the road. I do not know if it could be added. I hope they do add it because this game is already in need of a lot of improvements. So, they could go back and change some of the things that they already implemented and improve upon it.
Given the different interpretations over the decades, there's quite a bit of working room for flexibility in how things are presented from media to media. I just finished reading the book by the son of the creator Chris Awdry and I was surprised just how many changes had been made since the 1940s, especially between the books and multiple TV shows and movies, back to books, and into video games. (He doesn't go into those as they were after his time in charge) Arguing for which ones are "canon" or the "correct" way is likely a full time hobby by man fans, as it is with everything else, especially in the rail community =-)
I agree that interpretations can change depending on the series or creator, and this is only a suggestion, not me forcing Dovetail to do anything. Still, there is a reason why people bring this up. Thomas originally got into trouble on the quarry line because it was a tramway, and he did not have cowcatchers or side plates, which is why Toby and Mavis were brought in. I cannot fully blame Dovetail for not leaning into the tramway aspect much because the CGI series barely showed it, and even the classic series only really focused on the lane crossing before rarely showing it again. I just think it would be nice if the tramway elements were explored more in the future, but if not, that is completely fine too.
There is a great proposal on the discord for a rework of Ffarquhar to make it more like the books with the 3 lane sheds for Thomas Percy and Toby and station masters house (Thomas comes to breakfast) and add some more scenery from the tv show around the station The devs have acknowledged it and said it looks great but it’s not something they’re currently working on
