Tomica World/Plarail/Trackmaster Motor Types

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I don't know if this is enough info for you on your search for the motor in the Thomas Forward and Reverse Search and Rescue Motor
But at about the 4:00 mark in this Ucwepn video shows the motor which is a tad bigger that the regular Thomas type motor

This thread should really refer to gearbox types rather than motor types. The motors are all pretty much identical.

I'm not sure if you've got this one, but I'll put it here since I had it open. It's a single speed unit whose motor is driven from an under-chassis AA cell. Note in particular that it's absolutely essential that the top flat face of the motor is completely covered by a piece of insulating tape, otherwise the two steel rods/wires that run along inside the top of the gearbox casing will short-circuit against metal casing of the motor and you'll be taking it apart and putting it together numerous times, including repeated tedious work with the soldering iron, before you finally figure out what the problem is.

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If memory serves, this is a very quiet gearbox too. Maybe because its a simple gearing function. Is this one in Diesel 10?

This is in the JR Tokai Kia 97 Series Railcar from the 2009 Protect The Rails! set.

I'll rename the document later but somebody else might have to rename the thread itself.

The JR Tokai KiYa 97 is already mentioned under "Underneath Motor" (along with other trains that use the DU). I contributed it after seeing the battery instructions in a box image. As for a rename, I think "drive unit" might be a more accurate/inclusive term than "gearbox".

So... It has come to my attention that the document no longer exists, along with all the excellent, helpful and well researched info it contained. I have no idea 'when' it was deleted since I haven't checked in a while. The Wayback Machine obviously didn't help me find it.

Luckily, I still have my original PMs with the info I provided back then. If anyone here ever plans to revive it (ideally within this thread), I could share the PMs if the same items will happen to be missing. It's too essential to be completely lost.

dude i'm going to be real I just straight up lost the document, I didn't notice it was gone until you replied all those months back I just haven't bothered to remake the document, can probably recompile all the information back up again, might help if someone saves a copy as a backup so it's not lost again once it's back up

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Currently working on recreating the document right now, can someone rename this thread to "Tomica World/Plarail/Trackmaster Gearbox Types (motors)" as per chrisjo's reply couple years back (2021).

Document permissions have been updated, anyone can now comment (and make suggestions if that's still a feature) If you notice anything incorrect please feel free to comment/suggest a fix and I'll get around to fixing it.

Rotary Snowplow has been updated on the document with images detailing how the gear assembly functions.