Motor of the Week - Please Help Identify

That motor will fit a 259E. Specific number 259E-50 for the motor unit.

Well, there goes the "postwar production" theory! 

Chuck Sartor posted:

That motor will fit a 259E. Specific number 259E-50 for the motor unit.

Here is your Certificate, Chuck:

I never would have found that in a million years, Chuck!  I had no idea it was a pre-war motor!

I did do a little research and found that the 259E was the less expensive version of the 260, which was a top of the line tin-plate locomotive from 1932 to 1940. Though less pricey than the260, it was still an expensive engine for its time, $10.75,  and out of reach of the budgets of most folks back then.

GeoPeg posted:

Well, there goes the "postwar production" theory! 

You got that right, George! LOL

We'll see what happens next week

Regards,

My 'certificate' is what my bathroom mirror tell me every morning.....Image not found!

Chuck Sartor posted:

My 'certificate' is what my bathroom mirror tell me every morning.....Image not found!

I don't understand that. I can see it plain as day. Anyhow, I emailed  a copy to you.

Enjoy!

Pete

I saw a couple of pics similar to what Pete posted, i.e. shiny rimmed (and tread) wheels with red spokes, looking like classic tinplate type wheels. Then I also found a couple more pics with the more standard blackened wheels with nickel treads, or at least they look like nickel treads. Both were branded as 259's on the cab. What's with that?

The 259 (without the E) was made in 1933 with a manual reverse lever in the cab. This version has red painted open spoke drivers and red pilot and trailing truck wheels. The next year the mechanical E unit was added and became the 259E. The wheels are still open spokes but are now black. Remained this way until 1937 when the wheels were changed to solid wheels with filled in spokes (thin wheels) and narrower nickel rims. So the motor shown is from  1937 version or later (engine was cataloged up to 1940.)

Chuck Sartor posted:

The 259 (without the E) was made in 1933 with a manual reverse lever in the cab. This version has red painted open spoke drivers and red pilot and trailing truck wheels. The next year the mechanical E unit was added and became the 259E. The wheels are still open spokes but are now black. Remained this way until 1937 when the wheels were changed to solid wheels with filled in spokes (thin wheels) and narrower nickel rims. So the motor shown is from  1937 version or later (engine was cataloged up to 1940.)

Thanks for the info!

Geo

Chuck Sartor posted:

My 'certificate' is what my bathroom mirror tell me every morning.....Image not found!

I edited the C of A, reduced the resolution to make a smaller attachment file, and reposted. Hope you can see it now!

Regards,

Yes, thank you, very nice! I've printed off a copy to frame later.