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Quote from: Stoker on April 16, 2021, 09:48:47 am

Quote from: St Paul Steam on April 15, 2021, 08:46:31 pm

They sold under the Montgomery Ward name also I believe.

Quite correct Bruce!

Though the only model that I am aware of is the metal base #65 which had a tape/decal type label that read: M/W Signature Junior, but even so, came in a regular Jensen box.

These seem quite rare and are not often seen at all, so probably Montgomery Ward didn't contract very many, nor for very long. With the title "Signature Junior", one must wonder if there was ever offered a "M/W Signature Senior", and if so, what it may have been? Perhaps a Jensen #25, or even a 20 or 10 mayhaps, but if so, I've never seen one. As a caveat to the "rarity" of any possible Montgomery Ward re-branded engines I would note that the tape style label that they used to mark these engines was not difficult to peal off, so there may have been many more than there is currently any evidence for still extant!

Looks like the 75 was also labeled “Signature Junior”