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 The lack of locos and rolling stock out of the first 50 years of railroads seems to be a universal issue. A quick check into what is available in France, Germany and the UK only brought meager results. Marklin/Trix offered a model of the first loco in Germany, "Adler", a 2-2-2 built by Stephenson in Manchester, some time ago. Piko has a model of the "Saxonia" from 1839, the first loco built in Germany, but that´s about it. There were some hand-made locos from MicroMetakit and others, but with prices in the $ 3,000 range way out of question. I did not find anything in France and the UK, which resembled the early years of railroading. Most of the stuff is from the 1890´s and later, the mainstay being the 1920´s and 30´s. Seems as if one has to rely on scratch building.
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