On a trade show in Utrecht in April 1947 Bernardus Leonard.Peuschgens, owner of the “Mechanische Speelgoedfabriek Maple Leaf “ (Mechanical Toy Factory Maple Leaf) in Amsterdam, showed an 00 gauge train set, based on the streamlined electric trains introduced by the Dutch railways in 1935. The train, with a length of 46 cm, was made of tinplate, had a centrally-mounted AC 3-rail motor and was fitted with interior lighting. The train and motor were made in-house, the track was bought in from the Swiss firm Junior. The set was offered under the name Maple Leaf and sold for a price of  115 Dutch guilders, including a transformer, in late 1947 (around €1600/$1850 in 2025). It didn’t sell well (today only about 5 surviving sets are known) and in July 1949 Maple Leaf went bankrupt. As Peuschgens had borrowed money from two different parties and had given both the rights to his production machinery as security, court cases followed, which were taken as far as the Dutch Supreme Court in 1953. It is certain however that no Maple Leaf trains were produced after early 1949.