A list of all non-japanese Plarail rolling stock

This is something that I felt could be quite interesting. This thread intends to list every piece of Plarail rolling stock that is based on a locomotive outside of Japan.
If there are any items that I missed, please let me know. I'd be happy to add them. Locomotives are listed by country of origin.

Edit 1: Included some missing information found by members of this forum.
Edit 2: Added Trains from China, Thailand and Hong Kong.
Edit 3: Added the GM Aerotrain.

NOT INCLUDED:
Any thomas characters
Taiwanese locomotives, those can be found in this thread: https://www.blueplastictracks.org/thread-5143.html


France

• TGV, Sud-Est livery
  Sold Seperately (Japan and UK)
  Probably the most well known one. Was sold in Japan under the Plarail foreign series brand and in the UK under the Tomica World Brand.
  

• TGV, Atlantique livery
  
• Found in Tomica World set 7430, sold seperately as Tomica World 7561
  
• Slightly different molding. MUCH harder to find.
  

United Kingdom

• Virgin Express Train
  
• Sold seperately as Tomica World 7465
  
• Unlike the Eurostar and the TGV, this is a repaint of the Kintetsu 21000 Urban Liner and not an original mold. The design is meant to resemble the InterCity 125/Class 43, in a Virgin livery.
  

• Eurostar
  
• Sold seperately (Japan and UK)
  
• The train that runs through the underwater tunnel between France and Britain. Like the TGV Sud-Est, this was sold in Japan
  under the Plarail foreign series brand and in the UK under the Tomica World Brand.
  

United States

• EMD F7
  
• Sold in Tomica World set 8296, 7413, Tomy Trains Super Deluxe City Railway set
  
• Not entirely sure if the Basis is correct. Always came with 2 passenger coaches. Locomotive from set 8296 (Same as Thomas Medium Set) is blue with beige stripes, the one from set 7413 had an Amtrak livery. Strangely, the livery is NOT the one that Amtrak used for their F7's, but instead is based on an F40PH livery. An image of a F40PH can also be seen on the box for this set. The last one from the Tomy Trains set has a generic red livery with white stripes.
  

• Jurassic World Set
  
• Sold seperately
  
• Looks to be a GE Evolution series type of locomotive. In a Jurassic World livery. Comes with a container car and a special long type freight car made for holding dinosaurs.
  

• Let's carry Tomica! Set
  
• Sold seperately
  
• Locomotive uses same mold as the Jurassic World one, just with a generic blue and black livery with white stripes.
  

• JGR 7100 Series
  
• Sold in 1972 Benkei-Set (Google Translated name), Tomy Preschool Train Set
  
• This was an american built locomotive that ran in Japan. A modern version of this loco was also released by plarail a few years ago.
  

• GM Aerotrain
  
• Sold at Plarail Expos
  
• While this model is not an exact replica, it is most definitely based on the Aerotrains design. Many color variants of this item were made.
  

South Korea

• KTX Korean Train eXpress
  
• Sold seperately, in multiple sets
  
• Korea's high speed passenger train. The writing on the box for this locomotive and any set that includes it is in korean.
  

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China

• CRH2
  
• Sold in CRH Basic Set, CRH Starter Set
  
• Chinese high speed train. It's design was based on the E2-1000 Shinkansen.
  

Thailand

• BTS Skytrain
  
• Sold in BTS Skytrain Set
  
• The BTS Skytrain is an elevated rapit transit line that goes through Bangkok.
  

Hong Kong

• MTR Airport Express
  
• Sold in Airport Express Basic Set, Airport Express Deluxe Set, Sold seperately
  
• Connects the Hong Kong airport with Kowloon. The basic set has Kowloon station, while the deluxe set has the airport's station.
  

• Vibrant Express MTR380A
  
• Sold in Vibrant Express Deluxe Set, Sold seperately
  
• Hong Kong's high speed train. Design is based on the chinese CRH380A.
  

• MTR Metro-Cammell EMU
  
• Sold in MTR Passenger Train (1998) Deluxe Set, MTR Passenger Train (1998) Basic Set
  
• Also known as the M-Train.
  

• MTR SP1900 EMU
  
• Sold in MTR Passenger Train (2002) Deluxe Set, Sold seperately
  
• Also known as the IKK Train or the Millenium Train. There doesn't appear to be a basic set with this train.
  

That's all I could find for now. Again, please let me know if there are any that I missed in this thread.

With kind regards,
Tyler

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Not sure this meets your criteria but it was only released as a US Exclusive

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...

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.

Hello Chris,
Thank you for the help! I'll be sure to update my post with this info. I personally haven't seen any Plarail locomotives based on Hong Kong/Chinese designs, so I would greatly appreciate it if you could show me where I could find out more about those. 

Amazing thread. Keep it up!

[/url]i believe taiwan has a couple of sets.  one features its bullet train system, one featuers the subway system with 2 set of train with different colour

on ebay, i found a bunch of listing for plarail taiwan trains.


[url=https://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p4432023.m570.l1313&_nkw=plarail+taiwan&_sacat=0]plarail taiwan for sale | eBay

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I am not sure I have seen that Vibrant Express MTR380A before...thanks JT 👍
The picture reminds me of the Type JR 500 mold.

Hi Leyland 😃

It's funny you say you haven't seen the vibrant express before, since chrisjo sent me this thread https://www.blueplastictracks.org/thread-5105.html of you talking about the set to help with research. 

Also, the design reminded me more of the FASTECH 360, which was an experimental shinkansen which later became the basis for the E5.



With kind regards,
Tyler

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LOL...I can be such a Dolt sometimes or...is it just that I am old or senile or both