Ohhh this thread was made for meeeee! ( lol )
I have a peculiar addiction to clockwork and it is combined with the ability to treasure pretty much ALL forms of locomotives, whether they be cartoonish or scale , I embrace the toy-like nature of many offerings and dont get too serious about it . I only really have one main rule ... no plastic 
My collection spans pretty much from the early 1900's up to the late 50's with an occasional 60s ( mainly Japan after 1960)
I have pretty much posted every loco and carriage on the forum that I have.... lol .. so will spare you 1000 odd photos and just whack up some faves and oddities
The first train I collected , a 1920's Karl Bub ( Now I have 6 variations of the same )
A CzechIGRA boxed set
A Mettoy Set (UK)
A French Louis Roussy ( LR ) .... ( I have a particular fondness for French trains)
A Wells Clockwork Minnie and Mickey ( UK )
A Rico HO streamliner set from the late 30's ( Spain)
Clockwork Lionel
British Marx
Perhaps the rarest set I own, a 1934 Bing British made by Stephan Bing when he fled Germany and in the period before he set up TRIX , He also built boats ( another foible of mine , clockwork boats! )
French Charles Rossignol
The Grandfather of the collection 1900's Ernst Planck
Hornby Zulu , one of the first Hornby trains produced C.1922 It was the non-constructional version of the Hornby Clockwork Train (1920) which could easily be disassembled and reassembled as they were constructional like meccano .. The Zulu marked the evolution into tab and slot construction for Hornby.
A slightly later Hornby M1
A mystery Loco possibly Wells/Brimtoy/maybe Bing which is outfitted in a factory cow catcher , possibly for the US Market?
A Johann Hoefler set
Not just tracks either ... I love my Tippco ( Germany) Floor train too!
I also have a few Robilts and Maurlyn's , Aussie trains but they have already made an appearance
I think I have taken up waaaaay too much real estate with this post already but I have one favour to ask from the knowledgeable folk here ... while in essence not train related I bought the item below recently ...
I have searched and searched and come up with ONE reference which denotes it as a BING from the late 20's
Just wondering if anyone has seen it in a catalogue ? (mine is slightly different from the pic I found )
C1927??? Bing??? Sumpfboot??? ( swamp boat)
Still on its way here from Europe ( UK ) no markings I can see and the only reference is here ...
Photo of their version ...
( I think I am on a real rarity here ? apologies for non train subject but I thought if ANYONE knows they might be found in our great group of collectors )
