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Tomy Plarail 1985 Catalogue

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1985 was the first year of the companion Plaroad series of cars and roadway, and the cover of the 1985 catalogue features them prominently in cartoon form, a departure from most other Plarail catalogues before and after. This catalogue was printed in June 1985.

These pages carry on the information about the Plarail system shown in earlier 1980s catalogues, how sets from across its history work together and the best place to start being any set. A new large promotional layout is shown that features lots of Plaroad.

Mid 1980s trains like the first Radio Control series of trains and lots of old power staples as well as a few harder-to-find trains.

Mid 1980s rail selection... the available range of rail was pretty good by this point.

Lots of fairly common older accessories as well as some less well-known ones like the Disney station and Jungle Cruise accessories and hard to find pieces like the lit lighthouse tunnel.

Showing how to expand a No. 1 style set to the No. 2 passing loop and further into a reversing figure eight, or a No. 2 set into the Overpass layout or a nice larger expanded set with elevation and double-rail.

Turning the overpass set into a large multi-loop layout with two elevation portions. This layout features in a few catalogues, and has some strained geometry.

The Plaroad page... most of the initial range must have come out in earlier 1985, with the blue van and individual charger base appearing as new in this catalogue. The 303 set with switches is not shown.