Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends 2: Thomas's Big Race

Thomas the Tank Engine 2, also titled Thomas's Big Race, was an Amiga/Atari ST/MS-DOS game released in 1993 and the sequel to Thomas the Tank Engine. The aim of the game is to compete in and win races with Thomas.

Story
"I'm a Really Useful Engine," said Thomas as he pulled into the sheds that morning.

"Oh yes," puffed Gordon. But I bet you're not as fast as me!"

The others overheard and laughed...

"Please stop arguing," the Fat Controller butted in.

Everyone went quiet...

"I know," continued the Fat Controller, "We'll soon find out who's the fastest of you all!"

"I will hold a racing competition and keep the times with my pocket watch."

"Then we'll know who's the best..."

Everybody cheered loudly and began revving their engines in readiness for the races...

© Britt Allcroft (Thomas) Limited 1993

Gameplay
The gameplay is to race against another player. You can play either alone and race against the CPU, or you can race against a friend.

You can play as either Thomas, Percy, James, Gordon, Toby, Bill, Ben or Bertie. There are four courses: Main Line, Postal Run, Waterway, or Wood Glade.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Bill and Ben
 * Bertie
 * Sir Topham Hatt

Trivia

 * During some parts of the music, we hear Edward's whistle, but he is not playable.
 * The front cover features a picture from the episode Thomas Gets Bumped.
 * Player 1's icon shows Thomas, while Player 2's icon shows either Edward or James?

Goofs

 * Gordon and James are missing their tenders.
 * Toby is incorrectly depicted as an 0-4-0.
 * Bill and Ben are missing their nameplates.
 * In the text it says "revving their engines" yet most of the characters are steam powered.
 * Gordon's dome is in the wrong place of his boiler, it is supposed to the in the middle.