Plarail (プラレール, Purarēru) is a toy train and plastic track system made by Tomy and introduced in Japan in 1959.[1] It was expanded into a battery-operated electric toy train system in October 1961.[1][2] Plarail is not compatible with most other brands of model railway, although as it has a similar rail gauge to the wooden toy train systems, rolling stock may run on both systems to some degree.
- ^ a b "Takara-Tomy Company History Brochure" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-25. (4.09 MB)
- ^ Tomy information and history at the Funding Universe website. Plarail is mentioned in the paragraph titled: "Defining Eras in the 1960s".