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    As a Dutchman I of course do not know anything about prototypical correct Metropolitan trains, but I do like my ACE Met train. Regards Fred
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    On December 9, 1922, now 100 years and a month ago, the Calais-Méditerranée Express ran for the first time with new blue sleeping cars. This train was soon called The Blue Train. In 1949 this also became the official name. To celebrate the centenary, I am showing images of Blue Train models from my collection. Soundtrack: Gerry Mulligan, "Over the Hill and Out of the Woods" from the album "The Age of Steam" Regards Fred
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    You asked for it: Regards Fred
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    Next year the Atlantic version of the A4? Regards Fred
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    This is an (almost?) correct representation of the Oiseau Bleu Pullman train as ir ran between Paris and Antwerp in 1930. Equipment from Jouef, RivaRossi and Altaya. Regards Fred
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    These were stoker equiped coal burners. They had under the streamlining a normal smoke box with smokebox door, but I do not know how they removed the nose. I have this very detailed 0 gauge model by FAM with opening hatches etc, but the nose is fixed 😉 Regards Fred
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    That loco was still there in 2014: Regards Fred
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    10 years ago it was still great:
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    Regards Fred
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    That one was a French ETAT locomotive with a tender matching the sa called sausage streamlined cars The Belgian streamlined locomotive looks very different: Regards Fred
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    Most Wagons-Lits trains had a restaurant car and a CIWL baggage car in their consist. In Italy a number of night trains only had sleeping cars and a FS (Italian railway) baggage car. Here is a train like that with a FS steam locomotive in the garden. Regards Fred
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    "Dubbeldekkers" & "Koplopers" in Dutch. Regards Fred
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    Since I do not have a partner 🙁I have to buy my own trains 🙂: Regards Fred
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    I am not a Wagner fan 😉 The lady is his niece, the empress Elisabeth/Sisi of Austria (recognisable by her hair with flowers as shown on a famous painting of her); as far as the story goes they had a good (family) relation. Regards Fred
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    A presentation including the King and his niece Empress Elisabeth: Regards Fred
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    This is the locomotive type as seen on the black and white picture in the book (my picture from a visit to the museum in Budapest). Regards Fred
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    In the video a Mettoy 2-4-0 Brittania with correct number/name (Robin Hood, 70038), but that is about all that is correct 😉. Regards Fred
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    In British Toy Trains Book 5 by Michael Foster you can read all. By the way: Why is the thread title Mettoy and Chad Valley? These are completely different toy manufacturers. Regards Fred
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    I wonder whether it is that easy to adjust to 12 mm: But it can be done of course. Regards Fred
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    WESA was a Swiss company that used the word Liliput (not the brand) on their boxes because their trains were small. There was no connection with the Austrian company Liliput. Regards Fred
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    The loco is metal while the cars are plastic. WESA was quite early with cast metal and plastic (the company WESA still exist and is known for that, but not for train models). Regards Fred
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    Regards Fred
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    Regards Fred
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    It is not hard to go from a 4-6-2 to a 4-8-2: Regards Fred
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    Like this? Regards Fred
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