Fantastic Plarnold, you are a wealth of information. I think this is a first for me, learning about something Plarail from back in the 60's. Interesting to hear that the inside people were printed on sheet metal, I never would have guessed. And thanks for the translation into Japanese which makes searching easier. It would be interesting to see if there is a pictorial of the ages of the Plarail/Tomy trains as I would like to see and here more about these and other earliest trains.
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