Some might be interested in S trains made in Europe like the Bub train shown here; I wrote an article with pictures about this, which is attached here as .pdf.
Regards
Fred
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You don't usually think of S as being a European scale. These are great looking pieces.
Jim McC.
Looks like Gilbert stole the Link coupler idea from Europe Mark.
I did not recognise the similarity between the AF link coupler and the JEP coupler 
. I now see there is some similarity, but he AF coupler is symmetrical and the JEP coupler is asymmetrical. I think they are quite different.
Regards
Fred
That Bub set is a beauty. I recall some old British scratchbuilding books that showed the hook and loop, so I think it's been around almost as long as toy trains in different variations. S scale is mostly a builder's scale in Britain, with some memorable layouts over the years. The photo is the S scale Palitoy Prairie tank engine from the early 1950s. The coupler looks like some type of hook-and-bar.
