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Hi

I did not want to hyjack the thread on the #20 Big deluxe power plant.  But one of these looks really large.  I have some photos which are not very good of two Jensen's??  One small and one large.

Any thoughts on what they are. 

Bob

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Hi Bob, they look like the engines at the Sycamore club.

Gil  - yes that is where I saw them.  The more I think about it I think the club owns them.

Bob

I was talking to my wife about these today and jogged my old memory. These engines were originally  owned by a man (at least as far back as I know, I think he got them from someone in the Chicgao area where he worked) who built scale model engines mostly steam ie Stuart etc.  He lived about 5 or 10 miles from the Sycamore show.  I believe he restored ie repainted them.  This man donated them to the Sycamore Club.  They were not doing well in the building so a friend of mine would take them home and keep them in his shop so as not to deteriorate.  Not sure but at some time the show decided to take care of them.

Those photos of mine have a date of 2008, I have not been up to the building in a long time to see if they are still there.  If I get to the show this year I might check them out.

I do know the names of both individuals but they have passed and did not want to publish their names or where they lived.

Bob

I’ve got a good friend from the Sycamore show, guess I have another reason to plan a visit there now! 

Don't much care who those two old Jensens belong to, getting to see photos of them is really a rare treat!

Thanks for sharing these photos!!!