Super Rails?

Hey chaps, I'm back 😀

Well, after taking a long and bumpy detour into the world of Beyblades, you'll all be pleased to know I never stopped hunting for rare TOMY goodies, and I think I might just have one here 😉






So this appears to be a TOMY 'Super Rails' or whatever the larger scale models than ran on the 'black' track were (yes, it's got a circuit with it) of a D51 and tender with 2 JNR standard coaches, except as you'll have probably noticed by now, they've decided that this is going to be a British train 😂

Now as a British rail enthusiast I should really be pointing out the fact that double-arrows don't belong on steam engines, that we never had D51s running on our standard gauge network, and of course by the time BR Blue was commonplace on coaches in the configuration seen here, steam had already been mostly phased out 😅




However, someone pointed out the Ffestiniog Railway would beg to differ regarding double arrows on steam equipment, so let's just pretend this was a D51 intended for the Ffestiniog so it's somehow real-world accurate lol


Anyway, this was £10, and I absolutely was not going to pass this up just for the sheer novelty/hilarity of a Japanese train trying to disguise itself as a British one.



Cosmetically, aside from some sticker peeling it's in absolutely superb condition, but internally is going to be another story - But, I'm looking forward to getting her running again, it'll definitely be a project but since I'm a bit dry on Plarail restorations right now, this'll make up for it nicely 👍

Incidentally, if this helps to identify it, there are no TOMY or other markings on the engine, but the coaches carry a 'Made in Hong Kong' stamp, so presumably the engine was made there too. 

If I recall correctly some older TOMY products were made in Hong Kong but I could be mistaken. Either way, I'm pretty well convinced this has some sort of Japanese connection because of the design, it's all Japanese pattern stuff so yeah 👍

Anyways, would be great to hear your thoughts, and I'll be sure to update when I have a bit more time to get her out and have a proper look at things 😀