Plarail New Releases 2025 onwards (non-Thomas)

What is the R-17 F-far and what don't you like about it?

The new red bridges. I thought they might be quite useful myself, so I'm curious too.

   

 I wonder if this might be a repaint of an existing Plarail model (like the 5000) or something totally different?

Looks like a completely new mould to me.

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LOL...my over the hill brain assumed that R-17 referred to a train and I was looking all over for one. 🤔

Those red viaducts are actually a remake of the hard to obtain vintage bridges from the past. They are remade a little taller to fit the height of the modern risers and made so that they are self contained meaning they don't need a riser/pillar on each end to hold up the rails. I would be very interested in getting some of these if they had come in the grey color 😁. A coupe of years ago I worked with Nigels to recreate these with his 3D printers in grey with the same modifications that they used in this new release. He did a great job.

Thanks for setting me straight Dr Chris 👍

So I now assume that Plarail is no longer making these three way points that were only released in 2014. I still don't understand a reasoning or logic as to why Plarail/Tomy re-uses these numbers on new releases.