The French equivalent of
Tri-ang, a limited range from the
Jouef stable were carried in the UK by
Playcraft. Two sets of figures were included in the deal, this set of Rail Staff and Track-gang Workers and a set of passengers (
691)
This is a complete set straight off the sprue, the colour is correct and very lairy!! Later the colours were toned down slightly but the quality of painting remained slap-dash
Interestingly both
Tri-ang and
Playcraft ended up as part of the
Dunby/Combex/Marx group, but the two ranges were never rationalised,
Tri-ang survive to this day in some form as
Hornby Railways, the
Playcraft range was dropped years (decades) ago and the parent supplier
Jouef finally went feet-up a few years ago.
S.N.C.F. stands for '
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français' the French National Railway (when we were kids we were taught it meant '
Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer'?), and that is how they were sold to British boys building a British Rail layout!!!
This is a complete set straight off the sprue, the colour is correct and very lairy!! Later the colours were toned down slightly but the quality of painting remained slap-dash
Interestingly both Tri-ang and Playcraft ended up as part of the Dunby/Combex/Marx group, but the two ranges were never rationalised, Tri-ang survive to this day in some form as Hornby Railways, the Playcraft range was dropped years (decades) ago and the parent supplier Jouef finally went feet-up a few years ago.
S.N.C.F. stands for 'Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français' the French National Railway (when we were kids we were taught it meant 'Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer'?), and that is how they were sold to British boys building a British Rail layout!!!
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