From a pile of my father's keepsakes, not sure who the maker is - no markings on it - it's damaged so I don't even know if it holds any value or would be worth repairing. For some reason I think it's Japanese since my father lived there in the early 1950s. Thanks for any advice.
Back then, toy train model numbers were often used as unit numbers. Knowing that will improve your googlefu. This is a Katsumi.