Well I can't duplicate anything close to the beautiful detailed scale engines, so just for fun...let me post some of the "foreign" or "old" engines for your view.
Lionel 224 - 1940's
American Flyer "Champion" 1930's
American Flyer type X - late 1930's
ALPS (Japan) NYC tank switcher - 1950's
American Flyer "Hummer" clockwork engine -1920's
American Flyer cast iron # 16 -1931
American Flyer type XX - 1934
French Hornby type OE - 1954
French Hornby type M - early 1950's but available since the 1930's. Smoke deflectors and simulated cylinders added post war.
Hornby LMS Tank Engine - 1950's
Hornby (post nationalization) British Rail locomotive - 1954
Well there's a few "odd fellows" for you. Best Wishes
Don