Identify maker of this train/loco please.

That set looks like it is European in design, so three companies come to mind right away; Hornby(British), Marklin(German) and LGB(Liemann Gross Bahn, or Liemann Large scale trains, German also).

Would have to see the transformer data and plug, the item that goes into the wall.

I would rule out Lionel, Marx, Dorfan, and Ives, as NO chance that either of those four made that set.

Lee F.

hi lea transformer input is 220 volt output to controler is 24 volt ac . the plug is missing .the the 2 core flex is a type that was renderd obsolete here in the uk 40 years ago.as i am a electrician  one of the first things i did was to remove motor from loco and cover from transformer to try and find a trade mark ,nothing .the only clue i have are the words on sides of coaches which are french .          regards mike  

this is a Belgian product made by a small company named Gils. They also made a nice looking torpedo, could be American inspired though Belgian Railways had a famous stream line atlantic too. Gils was a family run small company, delivering their production to one warehouse. They weren't cheap though. They stopped in 1965.

They started in 1941. That's amazing because Belgium was occupied by the nazi's then. And certainly metal toy production was prohibited, raw material scarse anyway.

Kieffer

Here's a link to some photographs of the locomotive that provided the inspiration.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/s...et-72157630319759548

And this link shows some information about the model above, which was described as an 'American train'.

http://www.historytoy.com/Gils...-aluminum-gush-car-w

And here is one in action. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnSbnbiY-bI

I believe that this is a pretty rare set. 

Nice find Nicole! I was just searching but you were ahead! The 'Atlantic inspiration', that's my personal assumption, could be very well US inspired too.

The Diesel FE look a like is apparently from 1941.

Kieffer

The words Wagons Lits: that was a railway company founded by a Belgian engineer in 1883. They ran luxury sleepers. The company stopped in 2003. Wagons Lits means literally Bed Cars, sleepers as you call'em I think. Funny to have these words on an "american" toy train though.

They also ran on the Orient Express, from Ostend in Belgium all the way to Istanbul. An inspiration for quite a few espionage films and novels. I remember Wagons Lits from their catering business, selling coffee and snacks. The Germans had Mitropa, I think that went broke shortly after the Berlin wall came down. After the war it became East German. Their DDR restaurant cars were great, with waiters serving you Russian goulash called Soljanka. They were common sight in the west as they ran on the Berlin-Amsterdam connection, so as a westerner you could have some taste from the other side. That's history now.

Kieffer

Nicole the train detective solves yet another case...

Kieffer deserves the credit here for the identification. All I did was some additional research once he had identified the brand. 

many thanks to kiefer and nicole you have ensured i will sleep tonight.i attend many vintage toy sales within the uk and recentley found this little gem.           kind regards to you both.          mike foster         

The only electrical problem that I could foresee being made a number of years ago is the cycle frequency(25 hertz verse 50 hertz) of the transformer being used. Maybe you can use a Marklin or LGB 220 volt modern transformer. Two or three volts more than the recommended voltage won't hurt the older trains, like 30 volts will work ok.

Lee F.