Vintage loco ID?

[Triplex]

I'd forgotten the TA had those not-quite-AAR-B trucks. That makes it seem a logical possibility. But then, the dual engines and the existence of a B-unit suggest the E-series... I'd have to concur with the "hybrid" toy idea.

oh sorry for the mistake, i didnt think there were diesels in use until like the late 40's.
well we learn something new everyday.

Check out http://urbaneagle.com/data/RRdieselchrono.html It only goes to 1989, but that's more than good enough to show the spread of early diesels. Many accidentally repeated lines, and many inconsistencies with more detailed sources, but you'll get the overall picture. For more accurate (and again, sometimes slightly conflicting) information, try http://membrane.com/~elmer/rail/product.html , http://www.thedieselshop.us/INDEXMOD.html and http://www.trainweb.org/emdloco/modelsearch.htm

 

[60103]

I would suggest that the trucks don't tell us anything. The freight car trucks on the B unit suggest that it may have come as a body casting only and the floor and trucks were added later. The power truck could have been swiped from any going diesel or even trolley car.
But, it does look like the TA; there seems to have been no TB.

 

[e-paw]

:thumb: thats a varney drive so it might run , if it doesnt, melt it down as ballast foir a brass engin.

 

[toptrain1]

e-paw: Anna Lines ???? Saylorsburg ????
Hi steve !

 

[BillD53A]

I'm still wondering about that locomotive; I wish Ray would post the length. Looking at the images, the TA body has a taper at the rear. The E units dont have the taper; since there are 2 sets of exhausts I guess it is an E unit. Wish we knew the length.

 

[Ray Marinaccio]

Here are the dimensions.
The A unit is 8 3/8" long x 1 3/8" wide x 2 1/4" tall.
The B unit is 6 3/8" long x 1 3/8" wide x 2 1/4" tall.
I also took a photo of the bottom of the shell.

 

[absnut]

I'm with Brakie on this one. I've been in MR-ing snce the 50's, N scale since 67 and I've never seen the likes of this one in stores or magazines. However, the shell does bring back memories of some crude "toy" trains, some of which approximated N scale. The drive looks like it was cobbled together from some other source and made to fit the shell. It certainly is a conversation piece!

Dick

 

[oldtanker]

Ok I'm confused?????hamr

It is a very neat find, in fact I find it very interesting!

I'm almostops: 52 and have never seen anything like it!

Rick

 

[toptrain1]

toptrain here!
I still think it was a after market powering kit for the strombecker Rock Island rocket. All you did was glue the paper sides on it.

 

[BillD53A]

Then if its 8" long, its a TA. Which were used to power the Rocket.