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Whats Odd with this Train Set? - Super - 10-16-2016
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?
RE: Strange Set? - sinkillerj - 10-16-2016
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.
RE: Strange Set? - Super - 10-16-2016
But there is also something very strange about this.
RE: Strange Set? - plarnold - 10-16-2016
Plarail D–51 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
RE: Strange Set? - Super - 10-16-2016
Very cool, thanks Plarnold. Was the version 1 sold before the version 2 1971?
Do you notice the oddity?
RE: Strange Set? - Super - 10-16-2016
Lets make a game of it. Whats odd is staring you in the face!
RE: Whats Odd with this Train Set? - Tharazero1 - 10-16-2016
(10-16-2016, 08:04 AM)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?
RE: Whats Odd with this Train Set? - Super - 10-16-2016
Bingo, We have a winner!
![[Image: bravo-clapping-smiley-emoticon.gif]](http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/hand-gestures/bravo-clapping-smiley-emoticon.gif)
Strange how they omitted that in a set isn't it?
RE: Whats Odd with this Train Set? - DalaGStanator - 10-16-2016
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.
RE: Whats Odd with this Train Set? - Super - 10-17-2016
Another, Old release that has strangely not included the required tender for the engine. Wonder why? http://www.jauce.com/auction/t490315457