Athearn type band drive ...O scale best diesel "sound system"

Since it looks like the HO Athearn drive system, and Athearn made O scale freight cars, could this be a Athearn locomotive?

I think the drive system is a home build.  Don't know about the car bodies.

Joe

Brass/bronze, or lead alloy?  There was an outfit in Mexico that did the latter.  Fairly rare.

Sorry - you did say lead.  Mexican.  Article in a very old OSR, I think.

Hello all ..

Royboy ..I do not think Athearn ever offered an engine in O gauge ..in fact I think they phased out all  O scale  about the time  they brought out the rubber band drive F unit in HO . 

Bob thank you for mentioning the south of the border F units ....I've heard of them ...but never seen one ..perhaps till now ...  I'll start flipping through OSR ...to see if the Mexican F units appear ....  

Cheers Carey 

Hello Bob ...if you were referring to the Deses  diesels of Mexico ....here is a link to more info about them

https://ogrforum.com/...in-mexico-in-the-50s

the Deses appears to be a lovely Die-Cast  engine ...quite a step up from my lead door stops ...but they do sound great running..

Is there another Mexican manufacturer you were thinking of ? 

Thank you 

Cheers Carey 

Nope.  That's the one.  I saw one ABBA in a shop in Idaho maybe three decades ago.  I prefer All Nation.