They've not been delivered yet, but I ordered some knockoff Plarail container wagons - The difference here is, instead of the usual Japanese railway containers that look like this....
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They're what I know as a shipping container, the longer Western kind that I see literally every day going through my local station - I live in a city on Britain's Great Eastern Main Line [GEML] which is a key freight artery connecting London and Felixstowe, which is one of our largest container ports.
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I bought a pair because I was curious to see what they'd be like in terms of quality, and of course because if I end up using them on my layout [likely] then having a pair fits the usual Plarail formation of one locomotive and 2 coaches
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Incidentally, it was being sold with a lot of random Thomas [all Plarail] bootlegs, including some rather odd 'carriages'; Here's a few of my favourites
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Strawberry and lime flavoured Tobies, minus the face [My guess is these are supposed to be cabooses as they aren't motorised]
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Lime flavoured Annie/Clarabel, presumably designed to be hooked up to the matching Toby to create a train? No matching red equivalent here for red Toby though lol
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A rather dodgy looking Percy knockoff, the face looks badly painted ^_^
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Diesel 10 but with holes for coupling rods, because I guess they planned on a steam conversion for him lol xD
They're what I know as a shipping container, the longer Western kind that I see literally every day going through my local station - I live in a city on Britain's Great Eastern Main Line [GEML] which is a key freight artery connecting London and Felixstowe, which is one of our largest container ports.
I bought a pair because I was curious to see what they'd be like in terms of quality, and of course because if I end up using them on my layout [likely] then having a pair fits the usual Plarail formation of one locomotive and 2 coaches
Incidentally, it was being sold with a lot of random Thomas [all Plarail] bootlegs, including some rather odd 'carriages'; Here's a few of my favourites
Strawberry and lime flavoured Tobies, minus the face [My guess is these are supposed to be cabooses as they aren't motorised]
Lime flavoured Annie/Clarabel, presumably designed to be hooked up to the matching Toby to create a train? No matching red equivalent here for red Toby though lol
A rather dodgy looking Percy knockoff, the face looks badly painted ^_^
Diesel 10 but with holes for coupling rods, because I guess they planned on a steam conversion for him lol xD
Been building Plarail worlds since 2001; Building when I can in 2023 
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