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The Mamod SL All Brass Loco
Here we have a very rare pre-production loco of all brass body construction. It's not clear how many of these were actually made. Some published information suggests that there were 5 of these. However, information from an ex-Mamod employee responsible for Product and Sales Development for more than a decade, suggests that there were in fact only 2 of these ever made.
Produced in 1983 by Mamod, they were an experiment to create an all-brass loco following the same concept as the all-brass Mamod Steam Roadster Car (SA1B). A private collector recently shared images of this loco with me and agreed for me to share them here. A rare engine indeed and wonderful to see after all these years!
Mr Dream Steam: Alan Dunster, founder of the Mamod oriented business 'Dream Steam', had amassed a tremendous knowledge of the Mamod railway system developed by Mamod in 1978-79. He had also put together a wonderful collection of Mamod SL engines and models. For the 30th Anniversary of the Mamod railway system, Alan contributed a series of 5 superb articles celebrating '30 Years of Mamodry' to Garden Rail magazine published by Atlantic Publishers. Articles appeared from Jan 2009 through to June 2010 (magazine numbers 173, 177, 182, 183 and 190).
All-Brass Loco: Garden Rail#177 featured article 2 in the 5 part series. This included reference to this rare all-brass loco. Alan states "So if you come across one of these it will most certainly be the rarest early production Mamod loco of them all".
Information provided by David Evans is that the brass loco was never sold. David mentioned that only two were ever made. One of these was gifted to Alan Whitaker of PPS Steam Models. David is not sure what happened to the other one. The owner of the model pictured above stated to me that he bought it privately and it came from a person who had a family member that worked at the Mamod factory. So maybe there was only 2 of these? Do you own one or know more about the all-brass SL engines? Please get in touch via the contact form.
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