Trainsets

Train Sets

Playcraft marketed their sets through the high street stores and prided themselves on a wide range at very reasonable prices. Some of the starter sets were priced at less than £1.00.

Here's the full range - some were available at different times

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Clockwork

Cat No:	Picture	Title	Contents	Price 1963 £ s d
P1001		'Bishopsgate' Goods Set	P535 Tank loco, P632 (later P631), P630	19/11
P1010		Goods Set	P536 Diesel Shunter, P633, P644, P630
P1020		Goods Set	P535 Tank loco, P646, P655, P656, P630
P1021		Goods Set	P535 Tank loco, P644, P654, P633, P630
P1030		Goods Set	P535 Tank loco, P640, P642, P645, P657, P630
P1050		'Nine Elms' Goods Set	P535 Tank loco, P632A, P654, P630	33/-
P1051		'Crewe' Goods Set	P535 Green Tank loco, P640, P645, P657, P642, P630	35/-
P1100		Suburban Passenger Set	P535 Black Tank, P456 maroon coach	19/11
P1150		'Liverpool Street' Passenger Set	P535 Green Tank loco, P4561, P4581 coaches	35/-

Electric

Cat No:	Picture	Title	Contents	Price 1963 £ s d
P753		'Alpenrose' Pullman	P841 SNCF Bo-Bo Diesel loco, P861, P862	90/-
P756		Trans-Europe Express	P843 SNCF Co-Co Electric loco, P864, P865	119/6
P1301		'Broad St' Goods Set	P831 0-4-0 Tank loco, P633, P635, P630	50/-
P1305		'Clapham' Goods Set	P838 Diesel shunter, P633, P635, P630
P1311		Goods Set -Battery operated	P838 Diesel shunter, P631,P633, P642, P620
P1312		Continental Goods set	P840 SNCF 0-4-0 shunter, P622, P625, P647
P1320		'Snow Hill' goods set	P831 0-4-0 Tank loco, P642, P644, P633, P630	65/-
P1350		'Stratford' Goods set	P837 Cl29 diesel loco, P654, P650, P651, P630	87/6
P1351		Replacement for P1350	P8371 Cl29 diesel loco, P635, P645, P653, P659, P630
P1352		Goods set	P831 0-4-0 Tank loco, P660, P640, P631, P642, P630
P1360		Operating Hopper Set	P831 0-4-0 Tank loco, P660, 2 x P661
P1380		Continental Freight Set	P830 0-8-0 loco, P622, P625, P626, P647, P659,
P1381		Breakdown Set	P853 Bo-Bo diesel loco, P452, P633
P1410		'Swindon' Passenger set	P831 0-4-0 Tank Loco, P347, P348 Chocolate & Cream coaches	63/-
P1411		Passenger set	P831 0-4-0 Tank Loco, P457, P458 Maroon coaches
P1412		Passenger set	P831 0-4-0 Tank Loco, P337, P338 Green coaches
P1450		'Euston' passenger set	P837 Cl 29 diesel loco, P456, P457, P458 maroon coaches	87/6
P1451		Passenger set	P8371 Cl 29 diesel Loco, P4561, P4571, P4581
P1460		London-Paris Night Ferry	P836 SNCF 231 Pacific loco, 3 x P863 coaches	115/-
P1461		Continental Car Sleeper set	P842 Bo-Bo electric loco, P862, 2 x P654
P1462		As P1460 but with green loco	Green SNCF 231 Pacific loco, 3 x P863 coaches
P1470		Continental passenger set	P856 Co-Co Diesel loco, P460, P860, P862
P1471		Operating Royal mail set	P837 Cl29 diesel loco, P454, P455, P456, P457 plus operating equipment
P1480		Budd Multiple Unit set	P761, P866
P1485		French Passenger Set	SNCF 2-8-0 loco, P451, P452, P453
P1500/ P1350		Lakeside Combination Goods set	Cl29 loco, P654, P650, P651, P630 plus extra track, buildings, accessories etc and track mat	190/-
P1501		Lakeside Combination Passenger set	Cl29 loco, P456, P457, P458 coaches plus extra track, buildings, accessories etc and track mat	190/-
P1601		Electric Highway and Railway Set	Unsure of exact contents but included P831 0-4-0 Tank loco, P633, P635, P630 and Highways set with 2 x Ford pickup trucks and a road/rail crossing from the Aurora range	?

Decauville trainsets

Cat No:	Picture	Description	Contents
P1600		Quarry Train	P10 loco, 3 x P20 wagons
P1610		Passenger Train	P10 loco, 2 x P40 coaches
P1650		Narrow gauge layout	A decorated expanded polystyrene pre-formed layout complete with track, B305 hopper loading installation building, the P10 loco and 3 x P20 tippers

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