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1370 Thomas the Tank Engine Starter Set (1997)

The Thomas the Tank Engine Starter Set was a small oval set in the 1997 American Thomas Battery Operated Rail System. It was the only set in the range to not be based on an existing Plarail Thomas set. The set uses some holdover Tomy Train accessories like the fir tree and stoplight sign.

Set contents
Quantity
Item
Photo
3 pieces
Thomas, Annie, and Clarabel (four wheel made in Thailand variant)

Straight Rail
Curve Rail
1 Stop Rail
1 Cedar Tree
1
Stop sign

Other than the odd accessories, the Thomas, Annie and Clarabel and track are all standard circa-1997 production.

Annie and Clarabel and Thomas' face are all darker than earlier and later examples, with darker greys seen on domestic Plarail and export Thomas series train throughout the later 1990s.

Set name 1370 Thomas the Tank Engine Starter Set Release period 1997, United States
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