Cleaning out my uncle's place and found this..

[Sp42]

Anyone have any ideas, I've never seen the brand or model before? Probably going up for sale but have no idea on value. Any help is appreciated

 

[boatwrench]

http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/211984.aspx

Found this four post thread. The 4th post has the information on the company Pacific Pike.

 

[Sp42]

Thanks I did find a little info , brasstrains.com had a few up but no traction pieces

 

[GeeTee]

Looks like its a Katsumi , It appears to be pretty old , only one drive axle ? Brasstrains.com sole a similar one (same model) imported by Ken Kidder in '63 https://brasstrains.com/Classic/Pro...2053-American-Car-Company-Double-Truck-Birney , it sold for $150, Same drive train , its almost identical , little bit better condition maybe.

If it were me and I weren't going to keep it , I would ebay it with a starting bid of $75 -100 and see if anybody bites .

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[CM-Fan]

I have several little books on Brass offerings in the 60s & 70s, I will make an attempt to did them out tomorrow and see if I can find any info for you.

What a Beautiful find!

 

[CM-Fan]

Sorry for the delay in getting back - The books I was looking for have been packed in storage since 2010.
Sadly I did not find any info on your item as the Brass Locomotive Checklist I have is from 1949-1969 and it does not list Pacific Pike company at all. Perhaps manufactured sometime in 1970?

And I even looked in a 1967 Walthers catalog hoping to find a reference to that company. Trivia on that catalog - It is less than 1/4" thick.