Even though I haven't found any reference to this on your website, you are probably familiar with the links listed below?

http://www.rivarossi-mem...ghi/Pocher_Cataloghi.htm
http://www.rivarossi-mem...r_Carri/Pocher_Carri.htm
http://www.rivarossi-mem...her_Loco/Pocher_Loco.htm
http://www.rivarossi-mem...r_Loco/Pocher_CC7107.htm
http://www.rivarossi-mem...POCHER/Pocher_Storia.htm

As a bonus, some related forum threads:
https://www.marklin-user...34908-Pocher-CC7107-loco
https://www.marklin-user...CHER-SNCF-CC-7107-3-R-AC
https://www.marklin-user...cher-pipe-carrying-wagon
https://www.marklin-user...C-7107-and-SS-01--Bayard

Pocher was an interesting company. They seem to have worked with a number of other companies.
Of interest to me were the old Schlieren type SBB coaches and Lightsteel baggage from the 1960s. I remember seeing them at the Swiss Verkehrshaus and trying to figure out who made those models
I eventually learned that they were made by Pocher with the Italian company 4Assi of Torino.
I don't know if there was any connection to similar BLS models brought out by Trix Express, but I suspect that there was not.
I had the TEE Gottardo DC) from Metropolitain SA which was made for that company by Arnaldo Pocher (corrected) and his 4Assi company.

http://www.altemodellbah...74-Rivarossi-Pocher.html

Regards

Mike C

Edited by user 25 November 2025 16:35:53(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Oui, Pocher a collaboré avec, en premier, Rivarossi, et par la suite il semblerait avec JYESA Espagne, Métropolitan et MCA Suisse. Sans vouloir faire de polémiques. quand Pocher quitta Rivarossi, il a aussi "vendu" son nom, que rivarossi utilisa depuis ce moment là pour la gamme de voitures Ferrari etc. c'est pour cela que le nom de Pocher a disparu des fabricants.
Quand il a recommencé, dans les années 70 à refaire des modèles réduit pour Metropolitan, les premiers models était vendu sous Pocher, et Rivarossi a interdit cela, car la marque Pocher leur appartenait, alors le nom a changé en AP et pour etre tranquille Pocher a fait le TEE sous le nom 4 ASSI .. le logo Pocher représente le roi du jeu de cartes, 4 assi, les 4 as, c'était surement pour faire un clin d'oeil.
Dans les années 80 il a recommencé a faire des modèles sous la marque ARPO, en les signant quand même de son nom, qui n'etaient pas courant, militaires, ou specifique comme le wagon de chauffage etc, et avec MCA, et en 1987 il créa une gamme sous le nom ARPO AZZURRA, mais le décès tragique en 1989 mit fin à la marque. toutes ces infos sont une synthese et ce n'est pas forcément exact, mais c'est fait au plus pres de ce que j'ai pu comprendre au fil de l'élaboration de mon site, que j'ai commencé il a plus de 20 ans, mais qui est resté en stand by pendant plusieurs années. Etant à la retraite, je le remet au gout du jour.

cordialement

Yes, Pocher initially collaborated with Rivarossi, and later, it seems, with JYESA Spain, Metropolitan, and MCA Switzerland. Without wanting to start any controversy, when Pocher left Rivarossi, he also "sold" his name, which Rivarossi has since used for their Ferrari car range, etc. That's why the Pocher name disappeared from manufacturers' lists.
When he started making scale models again in the 1970s for Metropolitan, the first models were sold under the Pocher name, and Rivarossi prohibited this because they owned the Pocher brand. So the name changed to AP, and to avoid any issues, Pocher produced the TEE under the name 4 ASSI. The Pocher logo represents the king of playing cards, 4 assi, the four aces; it was surely a playful reference.
In the 1980s, he resumed making models under the ARPO brand, still signing them with his own name. These were unusual models, some military, others specific, like the heating wagon, etc., and he collaborated with MCA. In 1987, he created a range under the name ARPO AZZURRA, but his tragic death in 1989 brought the brand to an end. All this information is a summary and not necessarily entirely accurate, but it's based as closely as possible on what I've been able to understand while developing my website, which I started over 20 years ago but which remained dormant for several years. Now retired, I'm bringing it back to life.

Sincerely

https://www.train-passion-pocher.com/

Over the last couple of years Hornby in the UK has been using the Pocher name for 1/8 scale car models, since they own Rivarossi these days. I first became aware of this through the TV program series about Hornby here in the UK, and then saw Pocher models being sold through Modellbahn-Kramm in Hilden, Germany.