This is car is called a Movo Sprint, made to commemorate Ferrari's victory in 1952. The original instruction sheet for this car shows an electric motor installation as an alternative to the combustion engine as is this car. Could it be that one of these made it to the rail tracks in England?  These cars were made in Italy by Movo in the 50's.

Here are a couple  of  pictures of the only rail car chassis in the world built out of early brass rail,
this rail car was one of the first to be built in America around 1957. It has now been  restored.
The body is a Cunningham C4R as raced at LeMans, 1952/53.  The body mold including finishing/weathering
is by Charles Lawrence.  The casting (resin) is by Scott Smith (Noisy Muse) with decals by Howard Frank.
The chassis was rebuilt by John Moxon and he mounted the Body
 

Here are some diesel rail car pictures from magazines of the 1940s and 50s:

 

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