A list of all non-japanese Plarail rolling stock

Looks to be more of a generic American steam train design rather than having a proper basis. Who knows, maybe it is and I just don't know...

Good work, Tyler.

The basis for this and other similar old Plarail puffers is the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) 7100 series, Benkei and Yoshitsune included. They were built by H.K. Porter of Pittsburgh USA.

My thread covering Taiwanese releases needs updating, there's been another Metro train released since I wrote it, possibly others, I need to check.

You need to look at Thailand, Hong Kong and the Republic of China for other examples of Plarails based on non-Japanese trains. I'll leave that to you.

The so-called Virgin Train (the diesel-powered Intercity 125) is curious in that it's just a repaint of a Japanese train (the overhead electric-powered Kintetsu 21000 Urban Liner), and bears almost no resemblance to the real thing, apart from its colour and logo.



The Tomica World silver TGV was also released in its own box, 7561, as well as part of the set that you've shown, and it is NOT the same mould as the orange one.



If you want any help, PM me. Always willing to encourage a fellow researcher.