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Unknown Manufacturer or Custom Built Diesel

 

A number of years ago I bought this unit that was powered using Miller Labs trucks. I used the power trucks to make an S-2 with 4 powered axles. Just curious if anyone has any idea where this shell was made.
John Keating

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If it is entirely brass maybe Loco Workshop and outfit from NJ that was owned by a man named Jan Lorenson. He did mostly O scale brass kits but did venture into S scale for a while coming out with about 12 kits total as I recall.
Bill

On Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 10:48:27 PM EDT, John Keating via groups.io <keating.j.t.43@...> wrote:


A number of years ago I bought this unit that was powered using Miller Labs trucks. I used the power trucks to make an S-2 with 4 powered axles. Just curious if anyone has any idea where this shell was made.
John Keating
 

Thank You William for your info. Yes the loco is entirely made of brass; it has a Baker coupler on one end and a solid knuckle on the other.
John

On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 5:05?AM William Morris via <classicaudioservice=[email protected]> wrote:

If it is entirely brass maybe Loco Workshop and outfit from NJ that was owned by a man named Jan Lorenson. He did mostly O scale brass kits but did venture into S scale for a while coming out with about 12 kits total as I recall.
Bill

On Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 10:48:27 PM EDT, John Keating via <keating.j.t.43=[email protected]> wrote:


A number of years ago I bought this unit that was powered using Miller Labs trucks. I used the power trucks to make an S-2 with 4 powered axles. Just curious if anyone has any idea where this shell was made.
John Keating
 

Not sure, but what are the odds someone made that shell from scratch?? I see the roof hatches are not perfect in alignment, that's all I can get from the picture, but seems? a worthy clue.


Fred
 

IIRC Jan Lorensen of New Jersey did make some kits with brass body parts of sheet metal and zamac side frames and bolsters for the trucks.? I recall getting someone to solder together an Alco FA for me but I never powered the unit.? I never cared for the Miller trucks because it seemed that they were always full-speed or nothing--no good control of the speed.? Also, even with four powered axles, they seemed under powered.

For a while, Jan put out a periodic with drawings of various unusual locomotives, often foreign engines that looked something like American locos.? I think he made a contest as to who could correctly identify the loco.? This was probably 1975 or so.

Chris Harding
 

Thank You Chris for your info.

John Keating

On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 10:58?AM Chris Harding via <NYC17819=[email protected]> wrote:
IIRC Jan Lorensen of New Jersey did make some kits with brass body parts of sheet metal and zamac side frames and bolsters for the trucks.? I recall getting someone to solder together an Alco FA for me but I never powered the unit.? I never cared for the Miller trucks because it seemed that they were always full-speed or nothing--no good control of the speed.? Also, even with four powered axles, they seemed under powered.

For a while, Jan put out a periodic with drawings of various unusual locomotives, often foreign engines that looked something like American locos.? I think he made a contest as to who could correctly identify the loco.? This was probably 1975 or so.

Chris Harding

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