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I'm not thinking about 800 and 2100 versions (yet); I want to combine red, yellow and blue Keikyus with red, yellow and blue Seibus (they are looking similar, except the front & back design, and they'll look great together, I think) on my two big lines at the same time...
The clear Surf Sailing PlaKid is from the Enoden Umi No Mieru Tabi Set, and it came with stickers, but I didn't applied them, because I like it clear, so we can see the surfing girl from the other side...

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Now I remember her. Wonder why they chose clear but with stickers.

Isn't the blue or red 2100 Keikyus the most desirable or higher priced?

Yes, I think you're right, Super. The 2100's with sound (two:doors trains; other Keikyu are three-doors trains):



But I like mine 600 better:

DOKIDOKI MOUNTAIN TRAFFIC

There is a lot of traffic on Dokidoki Mountain today! The Meitetsu 510 train is full of tourists on line 601 (clockwise) and Enoden Type 300 & Enoden Tram operate on line 602 (counterclockwise).

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I Like it Mr-No

Does the Pink Hello Kitty train have the old style single speed motor? It is much slower than the Meitetsu 510 which make me want to see if the motor is a lower RPM and work better in the Meitetsu or its a gearing configuration..

Yes, Super, the Keio Sanrio Puroland Hello Kitty Train has a nice one speed slow motor; very realistic speed.



Meitetsu 510 is really a bit too fast (but I love that 510 nevertheless), as are the Keikyu one speed trains.

In my opinion, old Seibus 9000 and Sotetsu 7000 have the best one-speed motors among my commuters: very realistic speed, very quiet. Hello Kitty is very close to that. An excellent train.

More pics & a video of the Hello Kitty Train here: https://blueplastictracks.com/showthread...5#pid46795

FATHER EYEBALL TRAIN









MEDAMA KITARO KIHA SERIES 40 - FATHER EYEBALL TRAIN

Father Eyeball starts at Kamakura Main Station, transfers a group of tourists to Hase Station and then to Satelitte. After that, at Enoshima Station he takes a car transport wagon and via Fujisawa Central Station takes it to Satellite, where he disembarks the carriage, leaves it, returns to Kamakura, picks up a long freight train there and hauls that train to Fujisawa Sunny Street Station.

Where does the unusual name of this train come from?

Medama-Oyaji (目玉おやじ or 目玉親父, Lit. "Eyeball Father"), or Medama-no-Oyaji (目玉のおやじ), is a major character in the GeGeGe no Kitarō franchise and Kitarō's father. Once a fully-formed adult ghost, he perished of a disease, only to be reborn out of his decayed body as an anthropomorphic version of his own eyeball. His primary role in the series is to support Kitarō with his knowledge of all things.

Kitarō (鬼太郎, Kitarō), also known as GeGeGe no Kitarō (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎), is a yōkai boy born in a cemetery after the death of his parents. Aside from his mostly-decayed father, Medama-Oyaji, he is the last surviving member of the Ghost Tribe. He fights for peace between humans and yōkai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter. Source: GeGeGe no WiKitarō Fandom)

Sakai Line 境線

The JR Sakai Line is a small, single track branch line in Tottori Prefecture only 18 kilometers long. It starts at Yonago Station on the Sanin Line and ends at the port town of Sakaiminato, with another 14 stations in between including one for Yonago Airport. The Sakai Line is now one of Japan's growing number of popular character train lines.

Father Eyeball Video:

[video=youtube]https://youtu.be/vY1noR43r8U [/video]

Yes, except the front windows, everything else is a sticker. But it looks really neat; it's a wrapping train!
It runs nice and smoothly, very still one-speed-engine. It's awesome.
I think I'll add some more Kitaro/Medama trains to my layout in the near future!

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Once a fully-formed adult ghost, he perished of a disease, only to be reborn out of his decayed body as an anthropomorphic version of his own eyeball.

LOL...a fun story for the whole family.

Yes, Super, a fun story indeed! Kitarō is a yōkai boy born in a cemetery after the death of his parents, and, aside from his mostly decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost Tribe. So he is a ghost. Did I mention that he is missing his left eye (but his hair usually covers the empty socket), and that he is three hundred and fifty years old? Very imaginative and just... different!

Now, there are 2 Kitaro/Medama trains (SC-01 one car train and KF-04 two cars train) that will be great addition to my Father Eyeball Train:


There are other (older) Kitaro and other Kiha wrapping trains, even the three car combinations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rz-MYyx0xA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTTs8cI1hGI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxcwtdJi51c <-- that octopus (cuttlefish) looks great!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gd62Ag1Eb0 (custom made)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsYate8yXpk (Capsule Kitaro at 1:01)


There are also other KIHA 40 trains with doors and windows (no stickers) that I like:
K-10 Kiha 40-758 - notice the space for optional front hook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXtOyvJV810
Kiha 40 K-09 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHXox9BfY6s
http://park11.wakwak.com/~plarail/kiha40.html

In this store they reproduced the whole Sakai Line with the stations names displayed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxul99V7hY4 At 0:22 the camera train passes the Goto Station (with the nice Kamakura model station and an orange KIHA Train), and 0:39 there is a nice three car Kitaro Train at Yumigahama Station.

SEIBU 9000 TRAINS

Seibu trains are excellent plarail trains. Completely closed body (no holes as windows), very nice and quiet one speed engines... and they are looking great!
Professional baseball team Saitama Seibu Lions is an affiliated company, so the blue Seibu "L-Train" is carrying Lions insignia, and the Plarail Train is part of the official goods of Lions baseball club.
















Seibu Trains Video

Three Seibu Series 9000 Trains - The Yellow Train, Red Lucky Train, The (Blue) L-Train on lines 301, 302, 303 (with Keiku Yellow Happy Train, Red Trad Train and Blue Sky Train on lines 101 & 201)