Hello! I’m from Japan, and my five-year-old nephew is a huge fan of Thomas the Tank Engine! Today, I’d like to share his wonderful idea for this game with everyone. The game is a little difficult for him to play by himself, but he loves seeing all the different trains at the same station. He really enjoys watching them go by. Then he asked me: “I know it would be too difficult to let us drive every engine in the world of Thomas in this game. But what if, once in a while, one of my favorites—like Arthur, Mighty Mac, or Stepney—happened to pass by on the next track? Wouldn’t that be exciting? I’d be so thrilled!! ” That’s why I’m sharing his idea here. It would be so exciting to see a favorite engine unexpectedly pass by on a nearby track! I also made a poll, but I made a mistake in the wording of the fifth option. It should say, “That’s my dream too.” English isn’t my first language, so I hope I’ve explained his idea clearly. ** ChatGPT helped me...** Thank you for reading! I hope his idea comes true one day… Mikako
Yes I’d like to see other engines doing their own jobs as you’re driving along the line, it’ll only happen once they start adding more engines as DLC, unlike other train sim games that have identical generic trains that can be running at the same time on the island of Sodor each individual engine can only be in one place at one time
Hello from Japan!!! May I call you Ian?? And thank you so much for your reply!! I’m so happy to receive my first reply from someone here. Yes, as you said, unfortunately it must be difficult with the current system... But from another angle, couldn't the other engines exist at the same time, even if they are different from the one we are driving...? If it is difficult to have the other engines running on the lines at the same time, I wish we could at least see them at Knapford station or the Sodor Garage... 'Cause Thomas is always working together with his many friends in the original stories, after all!? Driving alone must be so lonely...
I could see engines taking breaks inbetween, like I believe James currently has at least one part of his timetable where he stops outside the Tidmouth coach shed to take a break (not sure how long that break is though). With engines taking breaks and a good number of them partly or restricted to branchline work, I can already picture it working. If we get the waste dump, we could have Scruff restricted to shunting while Whiff hauls the waste trucks to...wherever they go. Mavis has the whole Anopha Quarry to herself besides the occasional visits from Percy, Diesel and Toby. Thomas doesn't pass Percy and Diesel that often, so I can't see Toby and Daisy clogging up traffic to and from Ffarquhar. Edward would only cover maybe 1/4 of the Main Line before he diverts from Wellsworth towards Brendam too.
