Super Rails?

Well chaps, another 'update' of a fashion.

So I found a link to another Japanese designed train set, this one by Yonezawa Toys [now part of SEGA]




To me, the loco looks at least somewhat like my one, with slightly different detailing, and from what information there is, this was a later plastic-molded edition that was based on toolings for a metal litho-printed set that came before it. Both were called the 'Continental Flyer' [which echoes the 'Continental Train' name of my set], and both are battery-operated models, at roughly 0-scale with chugging sounds and smoke generators....




Here's a photo of the tinplate version of the Yonezawa loco, and from what I can tell, it at least looks possible that the mechanism and it's positioning is very similar to my locomotive, but without being able to see inside or handle one, it would be impossible to know for sure.

Conclusion? Again, hard to say, but I'd maybe wager my earlier thinking that TOMY were somehow involved in the loco design might have been slightly off, and that my loco is maybe based on, or derived from the Yonezawa Continental Flyer, but was packed with track derived from Super Rails - It's not impossible that the two designs could work together since they are the same gauge and work on the same principles [battery operated train on plain plastic track].


As a final bonus for you guys, while digging through Yonezawa's admittedly extensive catalogue of model trains, I found a picture of this, what I believe to be Child Guidance railway track, which includes an odd extra-wide 'donut' section along with the regular parts - Any of you ever seen this before?