Super I am not exactly sure if this train is a Plarail but I found it strange. Besides the metal on/off switch on the front of the engine (like the old Plarails) does anyone notice something very odd about this train? Going for a high price, might it be rare? http://www.jauce.com/auction/b230284336 Can you see whats Odd?z6qd16598.jpg214kBob16598.jpg197kB
sinkillerj Its certainly a legit vintage Plarail D51 by appearance, but I dont know my vintage logos well enough to say if its a clone or not.
plarnold Plarail Dā51 Express Train version 2. Sold between 1971-1976. Made in Japan. Difference between version 1 and version 2 is the coaches. Version 1 coaches have pantographs. Version 2 coaches have no pantograph. -plarnold
Super Very cool, thanks Plarnold. Was the version 1 sold before the version 2 1971? Do you notice the oddity?
Tharazero1 Super wrote Lets make a game of it. Whats odd is staring you in the face! I think I may have got it, were is the tender?
DalaGStanator I've been beaten to pointing out the major oddities.. The only one that hasn't been mentioned yet is that the couplings appear to be a different style (most likely far weaker than the current type), since they are thinner and have a slightly different shape.
Super Another, Old release that has strangely not included the required tender for the engine. Wonder why? http://www.jauce.com/auction/t490315457ag2319.jpg151kB
DalaGStanator Plarail trains traditionally have an engine and two wagons. Here, they wanted to include a second piece of rolling stock, so the tender was left out in favour of it. BTW, what is that second wagon? A car transporter?
Super But was there really a "tradition" in place when these vintage sets were released or is this just what you think the reason is?
Ucwepn The trains are traditionally 3 pieces and at this point in time I believe there was no actual mold for a tender so one wasn't included.
Super Still seems strange that they would make a mold for the steam engine but not what was supposed to go with it. Wonder why they just didn't use a tank engine which would of made more sense, anyway, water under the bridge...
DalaGStanator The first Plarail trains didn't yet focus on railway logic, despite the introduction of real life engines and trains at the time.
StephOfTheEast http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/english/products/plarail/history/index.html According to the official timeline, three-car sets have been the norm since the very first motorized set in 1961, so that "tradition" began at least ten years before this train š
leylandvictory2 Super wrote Another, Old release that has strangely not included the required tender for the engine. Wonder why? http://www.jauce.com/auction/t490315457 is the last car used for carring trains?
