True, but waving my big camera, rather than a discreet mobile phone, around the shop might have seemed a bit presumptious. I should have asked the shop owner of course but as he doesn’t take cards, or have a website, and we were discussing other things at the time, made it a bit difficult...and SWMBO was tapping her metaphorical foot outside...
This looks very like what I saw, although not in yellow and no coach, although there were two short blue coaches on display near it. What sort of price would one fetch, approx?The 2117D is what is often referred to as the 'Americanized' Stainz. They are fairly common and available for a good price.
It has a very similar motor block to the Stainz and have been available in both the early clam shell and bottom plate type over the years.
European looking versions and USA looking versions with cow catcher.
They were also available with a motorized tender giving very good hauling abilities.
They are far more robust than the saddle tank porter, Otto and USA style field locos which can only pull a few small cars.
There was a recent thread discussing the possible prototype which is a little vague.
https://www.gscalecentral.net/threads/is-there-a-prototype-for-lgb-2x15x-0-4-0-tender-loco.310617/
http://www.shourtline.swl4.com/LGB_...oulder_Steam_Loco_and_Passenger_Car_Used.html
