Yes I wondered what the relevance of the Thomas stuff was, but maybe you are right!!

Another farish announcement, but i dont have much hope.
Lonely misery and depression,
Piles....

Has anybody commented on Duck & Daisy in the trailer? Hmmmmmmm......

Duck is loco number 8. In my trainspotting days a Duck8 was a G2 class loco.

Daisy the DMU?

Probably totally incorrect.

Well I ain't losing sleep over it! Actually I am - the bloody hospital fire alarm just went off! 

Quote from: Roy L S on March 20, 2026, 08:50:37 AMI am getting a bit confused here, it could be me and I have missed something but I can see no reference to "retooling" the release says NEW tooling so why are people discussing retooling in the context of this announcement?

It's a good question Roy, I suppose retooling could also be described as new tooling if an update to an existing item in the range.

I'd expected to see EPs in the video and on their stand with liveries confirmed in the May announcements, that would be their normal approach. However Bob G's post above talks about retailers being able to take orders immediately. It suggests we learn of liveries today, maybe see livery samples and a little shorter announcement to availability time than has been seen recently

All will become clear in a couple of hours.

Quote from: Roy L S on March 20, 2026, 08:50:37 AMI am getting a bit confused here, it could be me and I have missed something but I can see no reference to "retooling" the release says NEW tooling so why are people discussing retooling in the context of this announcement?

Because Roy it appears that no-one can simply wait a few days like an adult to find out what the actual announcement is and then discuss it: instead we all have to gibber around in social media like hyperactive 5 year olds frothing at the mouth and getting the wrong end of the stick.  Frankly, it's pathetic.

I am getting a bit confused here, it could be me and I have missed something but I can see no reference to "retooling" the release says NEW tooling so why are people discussing retooling in the context of this announcement?

the adventures on my latest RM so called 48 parcel

Tracking history
Thursday 19 March 2026
19:24
Item Received
Southampton MC
18:38
Item Received
Southampton MC
Wednesday 18 March 2026
10:44
Item Received
Medway MC
Monday 16 March 2026
17:02
Accepted at Parcelshop
Minster on Sea Post Office [ME12 3QG]
Sunday 15 March 2026
20:26
Sender has despatched item

pity RM does not seem to have a map, I could have waved at it as it went past Burgess Hill on it's way from Medway to Southampton yesterday.

good thing they don't charge by the mile, or for storage

Quote from: GrahamB on March 20, 2026, 07:50:34 AMDoesn't "retooling" simply mean an update of something?

My understanding is that 'retooling' means new tooling of a model that currently exists (or previously existed) in their range. In other words a new mark 2 (or 3 or whatever) variant of an existing model probably with new features, standards and improved fidelity.

Quote from: GrahamB on March 20, 2026, 07:50:34 AMDoesn't "retooling" simply mean an update of something?

The wording of the announcement explicitly says "New Tooling" so I would expect something new from the ground up, be it a loco, coach, wagon (or toilet block!). That is not to say though that it can't or won't potentially be a completely new model of something from their existing range or a model made in the past at some point.