Many of you probably know who Thomas the Tank Engine is; either your kids love Thomas and his train friends, or maybe you're just a really big Beatles fan... (Ringo Starr originally voiced the show. Honestly, though, if you became a Thomas the Train fan because of Ringo and the Beatles your Beatles obsession has gone too far).

Either way, Thomas the Tank Engine wooden railway collections exist all over the world. Now, Thomas and friends are great on their own... but recently there was a new addition made to the world of Thomas the Tank: the Talking Railway System!

It is very, very cool: the Thomas the Tank Engine Talking Railway System adds a whole new dimension to this wooden railway toy. Basically, the system is made up of special new Thomas trains, and special new "destinations" (if you're a Thomas pro you already know what a destination is; if not, it's any Thomas piece that the trains might visit along the tracks, like a train station piece, the roundhouse, a tunnel, bridge, haunted mine, barrel company... you get the picture). The special talking trains pass over the special destinations, and they trigger a saying or sound effect that's connected to the show! For example, pass the special Percy Train over the Stop & Greet Station and the voice of Sir Topham Hatt himself greets Percy at the station!

This is very cool because it ties in so well with the Thomas the Tank Engine universe, with Sir Topham Hatt's voice and other key tie-ins to the Thomas stories. It's also neat because you can start a new collection with a Talking Railway starter set like the Great Discovery Set and have talking features from the get-go.

However, if you're a Thomas the Train fan you probably ALREADY have a huge collection. But it's still easy to add the Talking Railway System to this collection! Just grab a destination piece and a talking train, and you're off; they all work with your regular Thomas pieces. So if maybe the little ones are getting a little tired of their Thomas the Tank collection, you can revitalize with the Talking Railway System!

Check out our Thomas the Tank Engine Talking Railway System Toys here if you're interested to know more!

-- Ryan the Conductor. Engineer. Toy Buyer.