Matchbox/Lesney 43e; 0-4-0 Locomotive; Red Cab, Black Boiler, 4345 (K Box)

Matchbox made a small range of railway rolling stock from the late seventies to the end of the Lesney era in 1982/3. There was a steam loco, a diesel shunter, a goods wagon and a passenger carriage. This pannier locomotive was made from 1978 to 1983. Production continued under Matchbox International and there are more than a dozen post-Lesney versions

None of these has any particular value or rarity

This Matchbox/Lesney was sourced in August 2013 from Lacy Scott & Knight auctioneers