D-51 First Try Set

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Why do I always forget about looking in the Plarail Bible. DOH!

Thank you for all the research and answering my call Dr Chris. Since they don't seem to appear in the subsequent year Catalogs I have to assume that these were only available for in one year. Depending on which month they may have had only a limited run and possibly not that popular.

What I was referring to on the box was the engine...see the number?

If anyone has one of these D-51 First Try Sets or first hand knowledge of it a question: Are the tracks that come with it the light gray like the Plarail Elevated Rails or are they darker gray. I ask this because I have been fooled by video and pictures where I would swear the tracks were light gray but when I would buy them and get them home, they were the darker gray even though they looked light in pictures and video.

Besides the train itself I have always wanted a switch rail like this one for my all gray track collection but didn't think they ever made it in the lighter shade.