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My Plarail Locomotives
Since the early 1970s Tomy has produced more and more steam, electric, and diesel locomotives for the Plarail range. Many of these locomotives have been released either individually or with freight or passenger cars as a regular three-car release.
Organized here are variations of some of the different locomotives in my Plarail collection.
D-51 Steam Locomotive
The Plarail D-51 was first released in 1970 in dark blue and black with a set of freight cars and continued to be available in sets and train packs with other freight cars and passenger cars. Occasionally, the D-51 even has a tender!
| Year |
Name |
Description |
Photo |
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| 1971 |
D-51 Express Train D-51 Express Set |
Early D-51 with old style coupling rods, metal crank pins, and clicking "chuffing" gearbox; also released with freight cars |
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| 1975 | Chug-A-Log Choo Choo | American export mid-1970s chuffing D-51s with "TOMY" sticker on the cab |
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| 1978 | SL-01 D-51 Express | Circa 1978 the coupling rods were redesigned to be all plastic |
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| April 1980 | SL04 D-51 with Light | New for 1980 D-51 with clicking noisemaker and extra contact strips to power light in body shell |
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| 1982 | Basic No.1 Set D-51 | D-51 with Light tooling without the light sold in some sets, has clicking gearbox |
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| 1982 |
Shuppo D-51 Shuppo D51 Set |
D-51 with Light tooling without the light or extra contact strips installed with the gearbox also leaving out the chuffing mechanism in favor of the chuffing mail van |
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| August 10 1987 | D-51 Locomotive with Light | Mid-production old-power D-51 with light now with different freight cars |
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| 1990 | D-51 Locomotive with Light | In 1990 production of the D-51 moved to Thailand. The rereleased D-51 with Light, like other Thailand-made D-51s, lacks the chuffing clicker in the gearbox |
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| 1990 | Shuppo D-51 | The Shuppo D-51 also moved production to Thailand and remained in the range until 1994 |
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| Late 1993 | Doll Play D51 Steam Locomotive | Old-power D-51 without light pulling a special tender and passenger car for Doll Play dolls | |
| 1994 | D51 Locomotive with Light | Redesigned direct-drive gearbox D-51 with light mechanism now part of the lower chassis assembly |
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| 1994 | Doll Play D51 Steam Locomotive | New power rerelease of the Doll Play D-51 |
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| 1999 | Fan Club Exclusive Plarail 40th Anniversary Album | Five-car commemorative album only available to Plarail Fan Club members that includes a new power D-51 Express Train with not-lit D-51 and old 10 series passenger cars |
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