@Culdee04, The mattel diesels have a little screw in the middle of the chassis which the tomy and HiT toys do not have. You have to unscrew it and then pop the shell off to access the battery. However, any class 08 shunter diesel that has a c battery should work (even tomy, I think)
(not my toby)
(not my toby)
Train it, plane it, you name it!