Weird little train on a bridge

Looks like a train museum tourist piece but you wouldn't want to many of them at 0.6Kg total weight. Seems like cast steel that has had a few edges ground flat and there are no marks anywhere. Anybody seen one of these things??
Data
Bridge - 8.6cm x 3.5cm x 4cm High
Train - 7.3cm x 3.4cm x x5cm High

Cheers
Stephen

 

Oh No..! Not another what the heck is this thing ???
You're avatar still gives me ways to kill time !!!!

 

It looks like a desk accessory, something functional made to look like a train with a bridge for a stand.

 

I guess the bridge could be a 1000 amp fuse for my old fuse box

 

It is cute.
The bridge looks like the famous Iron Bridge across the river Severn in England:


It was the first big cast iron bridge in the world, opened in 1781. Maybe a souvenir from the town of Ironbridge?

 

Found a couple
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Old-Cast-Iron-tank-engine-steam-train-paperweight-ornament-/173435139047?rmvSB=true&nma=true&si=GQD6HrkBPPlvriFlwtmDy4uhKOI%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-unusual-cast-iron-steam-train-465068037

Looks like it is a paperweight. Nobody seems to know who or when although worthpoint as usual seem to think it is rare. Guess that makes mine even rarer as I've got the bridge as well.

 

And the connection with the original Iron Bridge could add value as well.
You could contact one of these Iron Bridge museums, maybe they know:
https://www.ironbridge.org.uk/explore/the-iron-bridge-tollhouse/
https://www.ironbridge.org.uk/explore/coalbrookdale-museum-of-iron/
https://www.ironbridge.org.uk/explore/museum-of-the-gorge/

 

Done. Thanks for that AJ. They all seem to have the same contact details so may be sharing resources.
Academic & CuratorialEmail: collections@ironbridge.org.uk
Cheers
Stephen

 

Seems more like a generic bridge to me. The real bridge pictured above is asymmetric but OP’s small one is not.

 

The models they sell in Ironbridge are all of the main bridge only, which is symmetric. That is the part everyone comes to marvel at, because it was such a big span in the 18th century. There were already smaller bridges, of the size of the part on the left of the photo.

 

Looks like it is 2 paperweights.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/13247272...b4eea571660a9c0b377c25cfffe7556&ul_noapp=true

 

Handy to have around if one's office is being robbed...

 

Can't get out of my head that the train looks like a cute little box-headed Scottie or short Wire Hair Terrier (gosh, I really think I've gone off the deep end here).

 

Worthpoint entries are almost always old eBay listings. So the perception of rarity was with the one eBay seller. As you probably know, sellers online often throw in words like "rare" -- which are almost never accurate!

 

... and L@@K