Description
Somewhere in the Limousin countryside, a little boy kneels on a stone wall at the edge of a wheat field and waits. First comes the sound, a low chuff carried on the wind, then a ribbon of smoke curling above the poplars, and finally the engine itself, brown and gleaming, rolling past so close that he can feel the warmth of the boiler on his cheeks and count every turning wheel before it vanishes round the bend.
Some people never stop waiting by the tracks. This steam train is for them: the father with a basement layout and a drawer full of tiny signals, the grandmother who rode the overnight sleeper to Paris as a girl, the colleague leaving after decades on the railways. Park it on a mantel beside a framed timetable, or among the books on a study shelf, and it will look as though it has just pulled into the station.
What makes it special
- Modeled as a brown steam train, ready to leave the platform
- The engine opens on a hinged lid and is kept shut by a metal clasp
- Fine porcelain shaped in Limoges, France, then hand-painted by local artisans
- Pre-owned locomotive that arrives from a private collection
Railway lovers can start a whole line of porcelain rolling stock with this engine at the front.
