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Edward (エドワード) is a blue mixed-traffic tender engine.

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Image: Range: Released: Discontinued: Notes
Tomy Trains 1994 1997
  • Known as Edward the Blue Engine
  • With driver
  • Moves forwards and backwards
  • Open cab for driver
  • Separately coupled tender
  • Powered by AA battery
  • Magnetic couplings
Plarail 27 June 1996 2003
  • With Troublesome Truck and Troublesome Van
  • Moves forwards
  • Power in tender
  • Side-rods on driving wheels
  • Beige traction tires
  • Powered by C battery
  • Hook and loop couplings
Tomica World 2001 (Europe)
2002 (US)
2002
Motor Road and Rail 2003 2008
Plarail 30 January 2003 2012
Motor Road and Rail 2004 2004
  • US release
Motor Road and Rail 2005 2007
  • US release known as Edward with Track
  • With four straight track pieces
TrackMaster (HiT Toy Company) 2007 2009
  • Big Friends release
  • With two half straight track pieces
  • Sold in window box and blister pack
TrackMaster (Tomy) 2008 2009
TrackMaster (HiT Toy Company) 2008 2008
TrackMaster (HiT Toy Company) 2009 2009
  • Big Friends release
TrackMaster (Fisher-Price) 2010 2012
  • Big Friends release
  • Updated face (teeth added and eyebrows modified)
  • Stripes around the boiler
  • Different sticker details
  • Screwdriver required for the battery compartment
TrackMaster (Fisher-Price) 2012 2014
  • Big Friends release
  • CG style face
  • New body and motor design
  • Separately coupled tender
  • Four operating wheels on engine instead of eight (frontmost wheels move but are raised)
  • Battery compartment in engine instead of tender
  • Powered by AA battery
Plarail 29 May 2012 2018
TrackMaster (Revolution) June 2014 2020
  • Big Friends release
  • Redesigned body with no middle wheel
  • New wheel rubber
  • Side-rods starting in second row of pilot wheels
  • Smaller tender
  • Motor with enhanced performance
  • Powered by two AAA batteries
Plarail 18 October 2018 Present
  • With yellow Troublesome Van
  • CG style face
  • New body and motor design
  • Separately coupled tender
  • Side-rods starting in second row of pilot wheels
  • Four operating wheels on engine instead of eight
Motorized 2020 2021
  • Big Friends release

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Trivia[]

  • The TrackMaster (Fisher-Price) prototype Edward uses the Motor Road and Rail Edward as it features beige traction tires, unpainted stripes, and a different face.
  • The TrackMaster (Revolution) prototype Edward features no painted front wheels and painted buffers.
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