This is probably the closest we'll ever get to a System Thomas set

60511 Vintage Steam Train is basically an LB&SCR E2 Class Tank Engine with a tender instead of a bunker. It has the right wheel arrangement, sloped running board on both ends, a short stumpy funnel, boiler and dome, and it's even in the same livery as Thomas in The Adventure Begins. The tender has enough panel pieces to easily modify the engine to give it a bunker too. I like to think someone at Lego is a Thomas fan, and they made this legally distinct version because the Ideas project got...