Plarail TOMY Thomas NEW RELEASES

Might that middle unit be a Conductor/Guard Car like this HO Series release of the C-11-207 has??? Would surly be a one of a kind if it is. http://www.rokuhan.com/news/2017/06/c11-207-8000-2.html

It looks like the same consist as the HO scale model you posted, Super. I’m thinking we might have our mystery solved. I will be curious to see how they handle the guard/conductor car. Heck, it’ll be interesting to see how or if they handle the differences between the C11 and C12. The old C battery C11 and the current Oigawa Thomas used modestly re-detailed C12 body shells. Meh, I’ll still preorder a couple anyway. It’s been at least two years since Tomy released a new, “real world” prototype steam locomotive and I’m kinda thirsty at this point!