Is this thread dying ??? For me it is a great one and always great to look at tinplate pictures.
Not really tinplate, more brass plate, a great loco made by RV Zero in France of one of the last steam engine in service on tracks in the suburbs of Paris, a 141 TB locotender made to drive trains in forward and reverse with a special car at the opposite side of the train to control. The real one is still preserved and run excursion trains in summer.
Merry Christmas everyone, Daniel