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James (ジェームス) is a red mixed-traffic tender engine.

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Image: Range: Released: Discontinued: Notes
Plarail1994PrototypeJames
Plarail 15 October 1994 1995
  • With cattle car and caboose
  • Made in Japan
  • Middle axle hammered flat on one side
  • Painted face
  • Moves forwards
  • Brass battery contacts
  • Power in tender
  • Powered by C battery
  • Hook and loop couplings
TomyTrainsJamestheRedEnginebox1
Tomy Trains 1994 1997
  • also known as James the Red Engine
  • With driver
  • Moves forwards and backwards
  • Open cab for driver
  • Separately coupled tender
  • Powered by AA battery
  • Magnetic couplings
Plarail 1995 2003
  • With cattle car and caboose
  • Made in Thailand
  • Middle axle with axle cap
  • Silver battery contacts
MotorRoadandRailJames
Tomica World 1998 2002
MotorRoadandRailJames
Motor Road and Rail 2003 2005
Plarail2003James
Plarail 30 January 2003 2012
MotorRoadandRail2004JamesUSbox
Motor Road and Rail 2004 2004
  • US release
MotorRoadandRailJameswithTrack
Motor Road and Rail 2005 2007
  • US release known as James with Track
  • With four curved track pieces
MotorRoadandRail2005Jamesbox
Motor Road and Rail 2005 2008
MotorRoadandRailJameswithTrackbox1
Motor Road and Rail 2006 2007
  • Target release
  • With six curved track pieces, two Y-shaped track pieces, two half straight track pieces, and crossing signal
TrackMaster(HiTToyCompany)2007BigFriendsJames
TrackMaster (HiT Toy Company) 2007 2008
  • Big Friends release
  • With two half straight track pieces
  • Different sticker details
  • Slight face modification
  • Gold stripes around boiler
  • Sold in window box and blister pack
TrackMaster(HiTToyCompany)2007ToysRUsJames
TrackMaster (HiT Toy Company) 2007 2008
TrackMaster(Tomy)James
TrackMaster (Tomy) 2008 2009
TrackMaster(HiTToyCompany)2008ToysRUsJames
TrackMaster (HiT Toy Company) 2008 2009
TrackMaster(HiTToyCompany)2009BigFriendsJamesbox
TrackMaster (HiT Toy Company) 2009 2009
  • Big Friends release
TrackMaster(Fisher-Price)2010PrototypeBigFriendsJames
TrackMaster (Fisher-Price) 2010 2012
  • Big Friends release
  • New face design (teeth added and eyebrows modified)
  • No stickers
  • Screwdriver required for the battery compartment
  • More minor updates
TrackMaster(Fisher-Price)2012BigFriendsJames
TrackMaster (Fisher-Price) 2012 2014
  • Big Friends release
  • CG style face
  • New body and motor design
  • Battery compartment in engine instead of tender
  • Separately coupled tender
  • Powered by AA battery
Plarail2003James
Plarail 7 June 2012 2014
MotorizedRailwayJames
Motorized Railway 2014 2019
  • Single unit
TrackMaster(Revolution)MotorizedBigFriendsJames
TrackMaster (Revolution) June 2014 2019
  • Big Friends release
  • Redesigned body with no middle wheel
  • New wheel rubber
  • Smaller tender
  • Motor with enhanced performance
  • Powered by two AAA batteries
Plarail2014James
Plarail 19 July 2014 Present
  • With green brakevan
  • CG style face
  • Separately coupled tender
TrackMaster(Revolution)MotorizedBigFriendsJames
TrackMaster (Revolution) 2019 2020
  • Big Friends release
  • White dots in eyes
TrackMaster(Revolution)MotorizedBigFriendsJames
Motorized 2020 2021
  • Big Friends release
Motorized2022BigFriendsJames
Motorized 2022 Present
  • Big Friends release
  • Taller
  • Larger face
  • Slanted funnel
  • Thicker yellow lining
  • No smokebox rails
  • No siderods
  • Red power switch

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Trivia[]

  • A late prototype Plarail 1994 James features a different face with a jovial open-mouth smile and raised eyebrows instead of a grin.
  • The TrackMaster (Revolution) prototype Big Friends James features painted buffers and no side cab windows.
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