Palitoy Log Delivery Train Set

    

     

It appears that at some stage it was intended that a Country Station with token hoop hook would be included in the set, as per the Plarail version shown below. The signboard on the station platform says 'Discovery Time Station', and the text below the picture is printed onto a sticker that has been added to the box prior to distribution. I'd love to know what happened there.
 

   

   
  

That's the Ever Ready battery that was in the specially provided battery compartment in the box when I got it, it may be a collector's item in itself! I've put a new Duracell in its place in the box contents picture at the top. Note that the Plarail box below also has a place where the battery can be stowed.
 

     

The C12 on/off switch is a slider on the front buffer-bar, it's in the 'on' position here. It has metal-coloured plastic connecting rods, and a British Rail double-arrow sticker on the front and on each side.

     

The power from the motor is transmitted to the drive wheels via a friction wheel. Everything in the box says that it's made in Hong Kong. Even the logs have 'HK' moulded onto them. The Tomy two kids logo was in use from about 1972 to 1982, I believe.
 

  

Below are the Plarail C12 and Geyper D51 versions of the same set, images from the new Plarail Museum. The Plarail one was released in 1974, but there is no clue to the release date of the Palitoy set on its box.