This wooden toy steam train engine by Tri-Ang oozes charm. Dating to the 1920s / '30s it comes from the era when things were made properly - mainly made of wood with hand-painted details, metal wheels with rubber tyres (that have developed flat spots on the bottom from decades of sitting). There's a small, printed transfer stuck inside the cab showing the coal fire and the controls!  

 

Years of play have caused numerous scuffs and scrapes and a transfer that would've been on the right side has been lost to time (but is evidenced by a brighter area of red paint). It's no collector's piece but is joyously decorative and surely the appeal of a vintage toy is that you can see the years of fun that it's provided - true character... 

 

The loco engine measures 49cm long x 20.5cm high x 15cm wide

 

S/N: #1604