Critter ID?

Can anyone identify what kind of critter this is?



Thanks,

 

I have no clue but it would be cool to model.

 

I believe that your image shows a Whitcomb diesel. In HO scale it was approximately rendered long, long, ago by PennLine as their "Mighty Midget" diesel industrial switcher.


(image from HOSeeker)

NYW&B

 

Thank you, sir.

 

This one is similar to the one you showed.
It is a 1927 Federal Railways of Austria (BBO), said to be the the 'world's oldest diesel locomotive'. Class 2090 BO
Shunting.
Narrow gauge (760mm= 2ft 6in)
Four wheel.
Petro-electric.
Maximum speed 25mph.
Twelve ton.
18ft long.
Other models are
2190 (Bo, 1934), 2091 (1Bo1, 1936), 2093 (Bo-Bo, 1930)

 

I bought the photo and I am waiting for it to be delivered. It is supposed to be a 5"x7".

I am hoping that I will be able to see the details better when it arrives.

 

Yes, sir.

It belonged to the Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri which was a connecting road for the AD&N. From what I understamd, this little engine was used as a switcher at the sawmill in Huttig, Ark. until it was replaced by A&LM 34, a 44-tonner. The A&LM serviced that mill.

I model the A&LM as a connecting road. The A&LM was merged with the AD&N to form the Arkansas Louisiana & Mississippi.

There a quite a few connections

 

In the one place I found mention of it, it was referred to as a Plymouth. One difference I see between it and the photo of the Whitcomb the is that he Whitcomb has vertical louvers and 32 has horizontal louvers.

 

Tad, we have this ex-army Plymouth at the local museum:


Looks the same to me. This one retains the original V8 gasoline engine, and is a working switcher. Built early 40s for the war effort, model ML-8.

 

Hey Tad, I concurr it looks to be a Plymouth ML model but a 6 or 8, I don't know. Try out these links,
critters ,
yahoo critter group, or try searching for a roster of the roads you think it is related to with the history you have.

 

Thanks, John & Steve.

I have tried to search for further info on this little engine, but other than a mention or two I had never found anything on it for sure until I stumbled across this photo.

When it gets here I will update y'all.

 

Try looking here:
Industrial Railroad Locomotives - NE Rails
Don't have time right now to check myself...

 

Caboose Hobbies in Denver CO has something very similar on their sales floor. No, it is not a model. It's the real thing!

 

Yea, the one time I got to go there, I saw that little engine. The next time I get a chance to go back there, I should take the photo with me.

I did get the hard copy of the photo but I still could not read the grill.

 

Here's a really little critter at Exporail (Canadian Railway Museum), a gasoline-engined Plymouth 15-tonner.