Thomas the Tank Engine:Thomas TOMY Motorised Toys

Thomas Tomica Road & Rail is a battery-operated system that is made by Tomy and is compatible with other Tomy Tomica Road & Rail sets. The engines run on a special plastic blue "track", and the roadway vehicles run on a special gray "road". Thomas Tomica Road & Rail is not compatible with other brands of model railway, although several fans have noticed that the cars fit well on The Learning Curve wooden track. Other Well Known fittings are that the engines run well on Blue track from a Set Called the Mini-Express and the 2 Coaches from a Special Christmas set from Hornby fit well on the track.

A large number of models have been released, including the majority of major and minor characters from the TV Series.

Tomy Trains
In the early 1990's, TOMY had previously produced a line of Thomas characters in their TOMY TRAINS Range. Characters Included:


 * Thomas with Annie and Clarabel
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy with Troublesome Trucks

Trains
Since the early 1990s, TOMY has produced a wide array of Thomas and Friends-based Motor Road and Rail merchandise. In 2007, HIT Toys picked up the license. HIT Toys' Trackmaster engines are still compatible with Tomy's Motor Rail and Road merchandise. Trackmaster's life-like brown colored track is easily connected to existing blue track from TOMY (two adapters are included in every playset). Another exciting modification is special face-changing engines, that are included in some sets. Engines from the TV series include:


 * Thomas with Annie and Clarabel
 * Edward with Troublesome Truck and Van
 * Henry with Fish Van and Log Car (with Logs)
 * Gordon with Green and Cream Express Coach
 * James with Cattle Car and Break Van
 * Percy with Fuel Tanker and Mail Van
 * Toby with Henrietta and Troublesome Truck
 * Duck with S.C.Ruffey and Toad
 * Donald with Troublesome Trucks
 * Douglas with Red Troublesome Truck
 * Oliver with Red Coaches
 * Bill with Troublesome Trucks (with Coal)
 * Ben with Troublesome Trucks (with China Clay)
 * Diesel with Milk Tanker and Fuel Tanker
 * Mavis with Breakdown Train
 * BoCo with Troublesome Truck and Tar Tanker
 * Stepney with Troublesome Truck and Break Van
 * Skarloey with Blue/White Narrow Gauge Coaches
 * Sir Handel with Red Narrow Gauge Coaches
 * Rusty with Red Narrow Gauge Coaches
 * Duncan with Narrow Gauge Slate Trucks (with Slate Loads)
 * Fearless Freddie with Green/White Narrow Gauge Coaches
 * Mighty Mac with Green/White Narrow Gauge Coach
 * Salty with Troublesome Trucks (with Cargo Boxes)
 * Harvey with Works Coach and Flatbed
 * Emily with one of her Coaches
 * Spencer with Duke and Duchess' Private Coach
 * Murdoch with Troublesome Truck
 * Arthur with Troublesome Truck (with Fish) and Fish Van
 * Molly with Green Truck
 * Neville with Red Van
 * Dennis with Trucks (with Tiles)
 * Rosie with Green Balloon Trucks

Trackmaster
In 2007 HIT Toys Picked up the Contract for TOMY Trains but since then they decreased the # of Engines, Discontinuing Donald, Douglas, Oliver, Boco, Dodge and Splatter. However most of the engines have been re-released at Toys-R-Us and include more cars, similar to the original TOMY Motor Road and Rail Models.


 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Duck with S.C.Ruffey
 * Devious Diesel with Milk Tanker
 * Mavis
 * Bill
 * Ben with Troublesome Truck (with China Clay)
 * Stepney with Troublesome Truck
 * Lady with Troublesome Truck
 * Diesel 10 with Troublesome Truck
 * Salty
 * Harvey with Works Coach
 * Arthur
 * Murdoch
 * Spencer
 * Emily
 * Skarloey
 * Sir Handel with Red Narrow Gauge Coaches
 * Rusty
 * Duncan with a Narrow Gauge Slate Truck (with Slate Loads)
 * Fearless Freddie with Green/White Narrow Gauge Coaches
 * Molly
 * Neville
 * Dennis
 * Rosie with Green Balloon Trucks
 * Rocky The Railway Crane

Special Edition Engines

 * Diesel w/ Breakdown Train, Green Troublesome Truck (w/ Fish) New S.C.Ruffey (w/ barrels), Red Troublesome Truck (w/ Trees) and Brown Troublesome Truck (w/ Fruit) (otherwise known as 'Diesel, Freight Wagons and Cargo')
 * Thomas w/ Jet Engine w/ DVD
 * Thomas w/ Troublesome Truck (w/ Boxes) and Chinese Dragon w/ DVD
 * Busy Bee James w/ Works Flatbed.

Vehicles
To go with the road, TOMY introduced some road characters.
 * Bertie
 * Red Bulgy
 * Green Bulgy
 * Lorry 1
 * Elizabeth

Talking Engines
Three Engines have been made to Talk using Special "Green" pieces of Track. Note that the Engines First Carriage is Connected to them (Thomas to Annie, Percy to Mail Truck and James to Tender) and cannot be taken off.


 * Talking Thomas w/ Annie and Clarabel
 * Talking Percy w/ Mail Truck and Fuel Wagon
 * Talking James w/ Cattle Truck and Breakvan

Customized Engines
It is noted that people can customize their own engines. Quite Litterally. Throughout Youtube and various other sites people (Notably TomTomica) show their skills on making custom Engines. A list is here Below.


 * Wilbert
 * The Flying Scotsman
 * Big City Engine
 * Cora
 * The Old Coaches (Note 4 were made rather than 3)
 * Season 1 Styled Truck