Tomy Super Rail Black

Finno · Finno 06-27-2019, 01:25 PM Senior Member

Anyone collecting these? Awesome but out of my budget I'm afraid.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-Vintage-...2383396056

**Super** · **Super** 06-27-2019, 05:29 PM Track Engineer

Ah...the vintage Super Rail Black line. I never have had any trains or black track but some the accessories are a great fit for Plarails.

Off The Rails · Off The Rails 06-27-2019, 05:53 PM Posting Freak

Same here.... The few I’ve seen have all been well outside my budget.

Nigels · Nigels 06-27-2019, 06:27 PM Posting Freak

Same here, until I managed to kick the Japanese auction habit I kept looking trains/sets and was sorely tempted, but I figured at the time the value for money was poor in comparison to other things I could pick up. Besides I got enough collections going already lol!

**Super** · **Super** 06-27-2019, 07:15 PM Track Engineer

Nigels you could start a Collection of Collections Big Grin

Off The Rails · Off The Rails 06-27-2019, 09:24 PM Posting Freak

(06-27-2019, 06:27 PM)Nigels Wrote: Same here, until I managed to kick the Japanese auction habit I kept looking trains/sets and was sorely tempted, but I figured at the time the value for money was poor in comparison to other things I could pick up. Besides I got enough collections going already lol!

That’s always been an issue for me. Not merely the price but the value. Japanese prototype railroad modeling can be expensive in scales larger than N but some of the more common diesels and electrics aren’t too outrageous in HO scale from bigger companies like Kato. By comparison, vintage Super Rail items can cost nearly as much as some HO Japanese prototype steam locomotives.

leylandvictory2 · leylandvictory2 06-28-2019, 09:22 PM Posting Freak

Are they powered by batteries?

Nigels · Nigels 06-28-2019, 09:49 PM Posting Freak

(06-28-2019, 09:22 PM)leylandvictory2 Wrote: Are they powered by batteries?

Yes, consider them to be PlaRail, but designed to be closer to correct scale, so sort of an HO/PlaRail hybrid.

Viktor · Viktor 01-21-2022, 11:47 PM Feldbahn-Fan

Sorry to bump this thread, but I do have Super Rail Black. Specifically the Brazilian only version of it, which has a pretty big community surrounding it. It’s quite impressive how these toys are still popular today despite being discontinued a long time ago.

https://blogferrorama.blogspot.com/?m=1 (Brazilian site dedicated to Ferrorama [Super Rail Black])

https://blogferrorama.blogspot.com/2015/...o.html?m=1 (Brazilian SuperRailBlack Expo)

**Super** · **Super** 01-22-2022, 12:54 PM Track Engineer

Thats a nice web site Viktor