Help identifying a postwar steam engine

That is a 2055 (or one of the similar variations)

Looks like a 2046 (magnetraction) or 2056 (no magnetraction) to me.
A 2055 has a bracket at the back of the motor to mount it to the cab.

i'm thinkin 2046, identical to this one from Grahams Trains

The motor is modified from the proper one I think, as the reverse I don't believe should be on the backside there.

Numbers 646, 2046 and 2056 shared the same boiler casting. 2056 didn't have magnetraction. 

midnightwrecking posted:

Numbers 646, 2046 and 2056 shared the same boiler casting.

Yeah they did, I believe Ed's shell here is a 2046/56 because the cab window has three panes in it whereas the 646 has four.  (Of course, rough play could have broken a pane off.....)

The motor is modified from the proper one I think, as the reverse I don't believe should be on the backside there.

The E-unit does belong in the back, on that odd, homemade looking bracket.

Here is a picture I lifted from Ebay.
Reminds me that Ed's motor probably has magnetraction, because the frame on his appears to be aluminum.

Folks,

Thanks for all the help.  BTW this engine does have magnitraction.  Now I know what it is, I can order the correct parts.

Even though this will get very little run time, I just can't stand to see any postwar stock in disrepair.  I get a lot of enjoyment from fixing PW stock and then see it running as it did some 60 years or so ago. Maybe because I was a Lionel kid in the 50's

Thanks again,

Ed

I would order up the die cast rear truck and mounting screw from the Traintender.

Marty

Marty,

Thanks for the tip.

Ed