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Baby-Trains
Baby-Trains was a Paris model-railway shop founded by Jacques Perrin in 1952. Alongside new and second-hand railway models, parts and accessories, it produced a small range of models in kit form. Perrin’s documented subjects included the H0m Arpajonnais train, French railcars and locomotives, and body kits for SNCF electric locomotives. Catalogues from the 1950s through 1970 record the shop’s railway modelling trade. The shop was at 5 rue du Petit-Pont and closed in the early 1980s.
- Founded
- 1952
- Countries
- Germany
- Locations
- Paris, France · 1952
- Founders
- Jacques Perrin
The story of Baby-Trains
Baby-Trains was founded in Paris in 1952 by Jacques Perrin as a specialist model-railway shop. Located at 5 rue du Petit-Pont, it sold new and second-hand railway models, parts and accessories. Its catalogues were substantial reference works: surviving issues are recorded for 1956, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968 and 1970.
Perrin also made models in small numbers. His first listed creation was an H0m model of the Arpajonnais railway, followed by French railcars and locomotive models. These included bronze kits for railcars such as the FNC, Picasso and ABJ, as well as locomotive bodies and models representing types including PLM 130, CC 1100 and 2D2 Waterman. The kits required considerable assembly work. The shop closed in the early 1980s. Baby-Trains was therefore a Paris retailer with limited model production, distinct from a mass-market train manufacturer.
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