MARKLIN "HO". Freight train set with track oval, 3203, scale H.O 1/87, including: - A 24058 steam locomotive and coal tender in black and red plastic and metal, front lighting (untested); - A set of metal rails; - A Jamaica tender; - An ESSO tender; - A tray. Scratches and missing paintwork throughout. In its original box, bearing a store label from AU BONHEUR DES ENFANTS located 41 rue de Passy in Paris (tears). Circa 1960. Also included: - A MARKLIN model railroad catalog, DIE MARKLIN BAHN HO, HANDBUCH, 1966 ; - BACHMANN, plastic and metal steam locomotive and tender 2126.

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