Henry this winter and Toby early 2027, pity no Edward or mention of the Brendam branch but deffo good news that new content is coming
As I said earlier, I’m personally not worried about Edward right now. I think he is more than likely to be announced next and included with the Brendam Branch whenever Dovetail decides to add additional branch lines on Sodor. I think the exact same thing is going to happen with Duck and the Little Western. I’ve noticed that in TSW, whenever they announce new routes or extensions, they always include at least one locomotive to go with it. Seeing as how both branch lines are owned by Edward and Duck respectively, I think they are more than likely going to be included as part of those two expansions. I can see these getting announced early next year after Toby gets released. As for Henry and Toby, I’m excited to see what they’re going to do with them. I think Henry will probably have a story centered around the flying kipper (not the episode itself since WOS hasn’t included any stories with crashes), and probably an episode or two that is based on the television series. Toby will likely get a similar treatment. I feel like Double Header is an obvious one to go with. Possibly another story that’s centered around him and Henrietta.
Henry will have some form of Flying Kipper scenario, I can see Henry’s Forest and maybe Whistles And Sneezes being used as other scenarios… the sad story of Henry requires Edward so I can’t see that happening yet unless they swap him for James or Thomas… there is also Henry And The Elephant Double Header is the obvious Toby story, Dirty Objects would be good too as would Thomas In Trouble
So this winter lasts until march 2027, and early 2027 goes until june 2027. I'm placing my bets: one will ship right before christmas, the other sometime in april or may. Do you guys not think the Henry will include brendam docks? How would you recreate the iconic flying kipper episode then? I don't see where they would put toby tho, maybe on thomas' line with henrietta going back and forth all the way to the quarry?
We do have the Knapford Harbor in the game, where the story takes place in the television series. Brendam Docks is located on Edward’s branch line, and as reiterated earlier, that will most likely come in a DLC pack with Edward since Brendam Docks is on Edward’s branch line.
Oh man i thought he departed from brendam docks for the longest time! that makes sense then. I reviewed the text used in their post And indeed it doesn't mention any map extension.
Knapford Harbour to the main line requires reversing down the branchline from Toryreck to Knapford… not impossible but awkward manoeuvres
Actually true! how would that work? henry would go into the docks, pull his cars up onto thomas' branchline and then run around the consist? wouldn't it be too long to run around them in a station there? Also the tracks don't go toward vicarstown from thomas' branchline so you'd need another runaround in Knapford yard. Diesel has a lot of idle time around the docks, maybe diesel could get additional services to fetch the goods train from the docks and bring it to Knapford where henry can take it down the mainline?
There interestingly is a loop in the RWS, but it's only ever mentioned in one book and completely ignored after.
A Flying Kipper service could start at Tidmouth Harbour, were they to add that. This could give a more atmospheric straight through run, and go past the sheds like he did in the TV series. But I don't think we'll see the actual story as there haven't been any planned crashes in WoS. I think these two are an excellent choice. It's important to pad out what we have, make it more alive, before adding new lines.
It's also unlikely to be a story because I don't think Henry's old shape will be coming to the game anytime soon and it would feel wrong without it. Maybe a story tied to the Kipper, just not the iconic one with the crash.
So I Had to Put Up A Vote Whether Edward Is Getting Added As The Very Final DLC, Or Getting Added After Toby, So If You Want To Place A Vote, Then Go Right Ahead.
I think Edward will indeed be the next engine added alongside Brendam. What's been announced and what we've had so far is decent; this year gave us the core game, a cosmetic and technically 3 DLCs (James can come with the game). Henry and Toby make sense; one is a Mainline engine and the other is a Ffarquhar branch engine at the core. Next year, WoS's team has the core game finished meaning it's all DLC and updates from now on. My predictions right after Toby are Edward & Salty with Brendam, maybe a cosmetic of original black James and whoever else makes sense to come next for what we have by then.
Keep in mind Toby's release might be as late as may-june 2027, so year to date from the release of WOS may be 3 DLC total yes, but not 2026. I'm more hopeful they fix bugs by the end of this year, especially the ones that were listed as fixed in april's patch. What i'm really curious to see is how they will extend the map because it's never happened with TSW.
