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The locomotive in the picture below is a Brookville DES-70B.  I've been intrigued with it for years partly because it looks amazingly like a BEEP - close to the same size and shape, just two axles.  600 HP diesel/72 tons.  I doubt the BEEPtoy body is based on it, however, since the toy body has been around since the fifties (Kusan among others) - which I think is much longer than Brookville has been making this.  

 

But I cannot find out how long these have been made . . .   Brookville made a forerunner model of this they called the BL6 which was even slightly more BEEP-like in appearance, and perhaps earlier models before that one.  I have been unable to find out - even wrote the company but got no reply - at least not yet.

 

Brookville DES-70B

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If Walter of Ready Made toys offered the Beep in this scheme I would buy it. 

 

He has offered several items like a caboose and a speeder decorated in Metro North paint but as yet no locomotives. I would like one because I used to used commute on Metro North. I have the Lionel M7 set and add ons. I plan to get the connDot New Haven Engine when Williams offers it. I know Atlas has offered Horizon Passenger cars in the past. so there is a fair amount of offerings out there One more I'm sure would be welcomed.

Brookville Equipment Company  (Brookville Locomotive Co.) Has been a part of the Brookville, PA community  for sometime.  Originally located in the flood plain area of the North Fork, and Sandy Lick Creeks, forming the Red Bank River.   Recent history of this area has seen most if not all of commercial, industrial presence relocated out of this area prone to floods.  Click on the underlined phrase for additional information.     

Originally Posted by Number 90:

Endearing little critter.  As a retired railroader, my first thought is that it probably rides like a buckboard and industrial track is usually not very smooth.  If I ran one of these, I'd make sure to have a lumbar pillow in the seat with me, and a bottle of aspirin in my lunchbox.  

Yes, it probably would be an uncomfortable ride, and a frustrating loco: not capable of pulling a lot of load.  But it does look so much like a BEEP that it is quite amazing.  I have to love it for that reason alone.

Lee:

 

The 404 and 405 were built for Metro-North in 2000. They were delivered to switch at Grand Central Terminal; however, with only two axles, there were difficulties encountered in shunting signal circuits. As a result, they ended up performing some switching and MOW activities at other points around the M-N system. With larger and more powerful units available, the 404 and 405 don't see much action now.

 

I hope this helps.

 

Bob 

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