Tomytec "Tobu (?) ED 101"

[sportinglife]

Is the model depicted in the pictures the Tobu ED101, or is something fictional? On the internet the ED 101 displayed at Tobu museum doesn't have "steeple cab", but the cabin could have been remodelled later on. Beside Tomytec website adverstised this model as "Tomii Railway"(?)

Any info about this model is welcome.

Thanks for help.

Marco

[Nick_Burman]

Marco,

 

It's part fiction - the locomotive did exist, but it ran on the Meitetsu (Tomytec did it in Meitetsu colours, in two versions). The paint scheme is the fictional part; the "Tomii Railway" theme was carried over to several other models which were also released with fictional paint schemes. I have almost all of them and use the Tomii name for my railway.

 

Cheers NB

[sportinglife]

Thanks Nick. I'd like to have the two original "Meitetsu" included into "Collection #1", but it seems they're extremely difficult to find nowadays!

[Nick_Burman]

Thanks Nick. I'd like to have the two original "Meitetsu" included into "Collection #1", but it seems they're extremely difficult to find nowadays!

Marco,

 

Try Yahoo Auctions Japan. They crop up there from time to time...

 

 

Cheers NB