Interesting.
These appear to me to be largely same as items available individually from Chinese sellers on AliExpress. The version of the steam locomotive available there has "SOUTHWARD" lettering on the tender and is apparently of the same product line as the "SOUTHWARD" Thomas knockoffs. Same goes for the US style diesel and the Japanese style train, except they are not lettered "SOUTHWARD". The US style diesel does appear to be modeled after a Baldwin RF-16 Sharknose (except for the rods and spoked wheels) and it's cars appear to modeled after Electro-Motive FT cabless booster locomotives.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_RF-16
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_FT
They would, incidentally, have not been operated together in real life as Baldwin used a multiple-unit control system which is incompatible with the standard used by other US builders.
These appear to me to be largely same as items available individually from Chinese sellers on AliExpress. The version of the steam locomotive available there has "SOUTHWARD" lettering on the tender and is apparently of the same product line as the "SOUTHWARD" Thomas knockoffs. Same goes for the US style diesel and the Japanese style train, except they are not lettered "SOUTHWARD". The US style diesel does appear to be modeled after a Baldwin RF-16 Sharknose (except for the rods and spoked wheels) and it's cars appear to modeled after Electro-Motive FT cabless booster locomotives.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_RF-16
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_FT
They would, incidentally, have not been operated together in real life as Baldwin used a multiple-unit control system which is incompatible with the standard used by other US builders.
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