Just returned from an antique show with a new train. It is a French model from LR and was offered in a homemade wooden box, certainly by the previous owner.
Interesting model as it dates from the 1940's time area. The automatic couplers where introduced in 1938 at the same time that the new SNCF company emerged from the fusion of private railways in France. Not a common find as trains where not produced in general during the second world war. The loco is interesting also as it is a 20v DC motor and it can be reversed from the transformer, a characteristic of LR trains was to be always a precursor in many toy technology.
The passenger cars are also equipped with diaphragms, really uncommon in France as only Hornby has offered that option some years before. The baggage car is equipped with a red lantern which is broken and needs to be repaired. Some general cleaning will be done later also.
Have a nice weekend, Daniel
