the seller states its from the 70s. from what i can tell, the tracks are different to standard dovetail, yet the engine has a hook coupler and the trees are the same style as the thomas tomy ones. the logo on the underside of the train is the one with two "stick figure children" as seen in the picture at the top of this blog.
it is being sent to my friend ricky, so i wont get it until next month as he also helped me by buying bachmann grain hoppers and the seller only sent 3 instead of the 4 ordered. they are being restocked end of this month so i asked him to send them together to save on shipping a bit.