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Silver Rail Express Toy Train Recalled Because Of Potential Fire Hazard

CPSC recall 88107. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .

Hazard, in the words of CPSC

Fire & Fire-Related Burn

CPSC recall 88107 has the recall date 30 Nov 1988. The notice names the firm New Bright Industries. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under 2 hazards. The first is Fire. CPSC gives the product type Toy Trains.

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CPSC recall 88107: incidents, units, products and firms
UnitsThe CPSC record gives no number
Description
November 30, 1988 Release # 88-107 "Silver Rail Express" Toy Train Recalled Because Of Potential Fire Hazard WASHINGTON, D. C - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), New Bright Industries of Canton, Michigan is voluntarily recalling some 38,000 battery-powered toy train sets because of a potential fire hazard. The train sets, identified as Model 41170, "Talking Silver Rail Express," were manufactured in Hong Kong and shipped to the U.S. between August 28, 1986 and November 5, 1986. New Bright Industries has received 16 complaints of toy train sets short-circuiting, causing the coal tender car to overheat. No injuries have been reported; however, consumers have reported nine incidents of the train catching fire. The train sets involved were manufactured with two different types of wire plug connectors between the coal tender car and the locomotive which transmit power current from the battery compartment in the coal tender car to the DC motor in the locomotive. One of these plug connectors is made of black plastic with a metal prong protruding straight forward. The other plug has a metal prong protruding at a 90-degree angle. All New Bright Model…
ProductNew Bright Talking Silver Rail Express battery-powered toy train sets, Toy Trains
ManufacturerNew Bright Industries
Made inHong Kong

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The recall in context

Units in this recall
not givenMedian of 1988: not given
CPSC recalls of 1988
75
Recalls of 1988 with one of the same hazards
11%
Recalls of 1988 in the category Toy Trains
3%
Recalls on the register that name New Bright Industries
1

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Recall Register. CPSC recall 88107. https://recallregister.com/product/4797-silver-rail-express-toy-train-recalled-because-of-potential-fire-hazar/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .

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Source
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Licence
US government work, public domain
Data retrieved
30 Sep 2026
Newest CPSC recall on the register
24 Sep 2026

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Questions

Does CPSC recall 88107 report injuries?
The CPSC record of recall 88107 has no incident or injury text.
Where was the product made?
The CPSC notice gives: Hong Kong