Identifying Vintage Brass Locomotives

The 0-6-0 looks like a match for the Lobaugh SP switcher.  However, the cab roof and the running boards near the air pump don't agree with  the picture I have of this engine. I don't know about the others.

Addendum - I found my 1953 Lobaugh catalog and your engine looks like a match

Yes, the 0-6-0 is Lobaugh.

The 10 wheel chassis being plastic is probably a kitbash of an AHM 0-8-0 Indiana Harbor Belt engine.

the KTM chassis is most likely a US Hobbies import.    The second possibility is Max Grey  which used KTM as a builder before USHobbies.    Max Grey (the person) sold the business to the guy who founded Kemtron I believe, and he renamed it US Hobbies and continued the business in the 1970s at least  until he solt it to Westside Models Company which managed to fold it up in a few  years.   Many of the same models done by Max Grey were reissued by US Hobbies  with better details and motors.

The Diecast gearbox pretty much insures it is a US Hobbies import.    All the Max Grey era stuff I have seen has had Brass fabricated gearboxes.  

Thanks everyone for the help, I'll need to look at the 10 wheel chassis closer to see where it may have been spliced together

Whatever your plans are, do not destroy that 0-6-0 by three-railing it!

I have to agree with Dave that it would be a shame to destroy the 0-6-0 and the 0-8-0 by 3 railing them. If you want a 3 rail version, you would be better off just getting a 3 rail model.  There are 2 railers that would love to have the 0-6-0 or the 0-8-0 chassis.

I’m curious, ….why would 3 railing it destroy it?…is there an impending doom that I’m unaware of?….

Pat

Don't worry, I'd use some sort of whistle tender trucks on a homemade tender for the pickup rollers and outside rails, put the reversing unit in the tender, and a small AC/DC motor into the boiler. It would easily be able to be removed if someone wanted to. I don't think the 0-6-0 boiler would survive shipping anyways, I've had to straighten out the cab sides, roof, and running boards already from how it was stored when I bought it.

Matt.426 I agree with others who recommended that you get a proper 3 rail locomotive rather than convert the 0-6-0 and or the 0-8-0 to 3 rail. The other issue in converting those locomotives is the matter of flanges which are not compatible with 3 rail track.  Parts for the Lobaugh 0-6-0 are available from Bob Stevenson.

Matt 426, you must be a Chrysler hemi fan.

@mattp.426 posted:

I don't think the 0-6-0 boiler would survive shipping anyways, I've had to straighten out the cab sides, roof, and running boards already from how it was stored when I bought it.

Properly packed, that Lobaugh 0-6-0 would be perfectly solid through the mail. Majority of damage due to shipping is a result of poor packing.

the 0-6-0 probably has more value as a 2 rail loco than a 3 rail one.    Most 3 railers want the latest and greatest electronics and bright and colorful factory paint, and usually don't want to do any work or maintenance it seems.    There does not seem to be as strong an interest in accuracy to prototype.    These are not meant as negatives, just a different focus more on collecting.

Most 2 railers seem to want more accuracy to prototype and are more willing to do their own painting and detailing if necessary.    also most seem to prefer to install their own electronics.    There seems to be more focus on the individual model rather than the vintage release of a give manufacturer.

@harmonyards posted:

I’m curious, ….why would 3 railing it destroy it?…is there an impending doom that I’m unaware of?….

Pat

Don't tell me you haven't heard of the curse of Loco Louie, who 3 railed a Kohs Big Boy! He was last seen riding in the fireman's position along with the Headless Iron Horseman on Hallows Eve. Honest!

ECI