I forgot to state that the catalog illustration I mentioned is for an O gauge version.
Bing made that model in the 1920's in 1 gauge... I'd assume that they repurposed the body to make it in O gauge as well
I found an illustration in the 1927 Bing catalog for a 11/227/1 Express-Dampflokomotiven which is almost an exact match. The front coupler on your engine also looks like Bing so, my guesstimate is that it is Bing.
I have seen that piece before, can't currently recall the make, but I believe it was either Bing, Marklin, or (the one nagging me as the answer) Karl Bub
Question,
What sort of power moves the engine? Live Steam? Wind-up? Electric?
Upon searching through several books profiling European trains, I found several similar engines in Alan Levy's "A Century of Model Trains" There were a couple of early Bing similar locomotives c. 1912 that were electrically powered and a later Bing wind-up engine c. 1927.
It appears that the missing piece on the front of the engine would be cone shaped and that your engine is also missing the front truck assembly.
Whoever made it, it's German all right. That "windsplitter" cab gives it away.
It looks like a Marklin engine that is missing the front of the boiler, which likely would have had the Marklin logo on it.
I will try and research this a bit more when I get home this evening. I have some European train books that might be of help in identifying it.
I'm not sure that this will help, but it appears to be a model of an early production version of the Baden State Railways Type IVf, a 4-6-2 Pacific type from 1907.
It is almost certainly German and may date to before 1910, although the prototype lasted until the 1920s and became DR Class 18-2.
The Type IVf was superseded by the the larger IVh in 1915, so it is most likely the model was built before 1915.
It should have a four wheel leading truck and a conical smokebox door missing from your model.
M636C
Looks to be European, so I would say probally Marklin.
Hello and thanks for any help in identifying this train. I have spent hours looking. I suspect Marklin or Bing, but can't find it! Thanks...
http://s93.photobucket.com/user/vincenttheseeker/media/trains/BING%20TRAIN/IMG_8673_zpsetcedway.jpg.html
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http://s93.photobucket.com/user/vincenttheseeker/media/trains/BING%20TRAIN/IMG_8681_zpswlh7nuqt.jpg.html
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