Does anyone know where I can find some of the Thomas the Tank Engine track plans?

[cnw1995]

I created a layout based on Thomas' branch line - using as inspiration the Sodor maps in the front piece of Thomas ' Collected Stories and also available here: http://www.sodor-island.net/thomas_and_friends_hit/map.html

I should add the closest thing to an official map is here: http://www.pegnsean.net/~railwayseries/mapsection.htm

[tch1213]

There's no official track plans publicly available, but if you join the Sodor Island Forums (sodor.proboars.com) some fans have created some approximate recreations there. Hope that helps.

[phrankenstign]

Way back in the olden days, the Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends TV show used to show actual trains in its earlier seasons.  The layouts appeared to be enormous with long stretches of straightaways in some of the shots.  Various sections were shown including a sea/air port with ships and Harold's heliport, a turntable with 6-engine shed, level crossings with gates, Ffarquar passenger station, Henry's tunnel, Thomas's own branch line, long viaduct with windmill, and a mining area with very small engines.  Over the years, I've looked for track plans for any of the areas that were commonly shown.  However I've come up empty.  Does anyone here know of any track plans from the show that are readily available?  On-line?  Published in a book or magazine?

One of the amazing things the layout makers did was to show the layouts in various seasons.  I assume they created mulitple versions of the same layouts: some with autumn colored trees, some with blankets of drifting snow, and the original spring/summer one.  The attention to detail was very impressive.  When the show went CGI, some of the magic was lost in my opinion.  I think the original high-quality craftsmanship was some of the best I'd ever seen on such a massive scale.

I'd appreciate any help finding those plans.