I'm going to make a train for my grandson's 1st birthday. I don't want to make it with fondant as I'm going to let him have it.
I have my ideas for the cars to pull it but I can't seem to figure out the train itself.

Anyone have ideas????

This should help:
http://thomasthetankenginecake.blogspot.com/

Good luck. And remember to post some pics when you're done!

I've thought of ways to make mine personal but the basic instructions are great.
This will be my grandson's 1st birthday on Jan. 6 so no pics for a bit!

Here's a thread with a link to a tutorial as well.

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-262293-.html

I made a train cake using that Thomas the Train tutorial and it turned out great. Wilton also has a 3D train cake pan that can be found in most cake supply stores.