We try to be Friendly to our international customers especially with our: UPS Standard to Canada, Excellent little 25-Ton Switcher, while model makers made many of these 4-wheel industrial locomotives the railroads had no use for them. The railroads all used the large 4 wheeled locomotives built by various manufacturers ALCO EMD and back to older steam models Baldwin Lima etc. These small locomotives were used in industrial shunting duties and also by many mining operations. So the ATSF, Union Pacific & ETC is all purely fictional.To see all our listings, visit: Ika’s Train StoreThe Plymouth Locomotive Works was an historic builder of small gasoline and diesel-electric switchers. Its most popular models weighed 25 tons or less although it produced variants as large as 120 tons. According to the book, “Critters, Dinkys & Centercabs” by author Jay Reed, Plymouth was the most successful manufacturer of these industrial switchers, producing some 7,500 during a production run which spanned nearly a century. Its heritage can be traced back to 1882 when a small factory was set up in Plymouth, Ohio to produce clay-making machinery. In 1892, one of the original promoters, J.D. Fate, bought out his partner and formed the J.D. Fate Company. The business persisted for nearly two decades in this fashion when he, and a group of investors from Toledo, Ohio, incorporated the Plymouth Truck Company to manufacture trucks. At first, they were built in Toledo, production later moved back to Plymouth. In 1912 it built its first experimental vehicle for rail service when the Bigelow Clay Company requested a type of hy-rail truck, or one which could be operated on steel rails. It then manufactured a number of experimental locomotives before introducing its first cataloged variant, the Model AL Type 1, in 1914 for the National Fire Proofing Company of Haydenville, Ohio. In 1919, J.D. Fate merged with Root-Heath Manufacturing to form Fate-Root-Heath Company.During the late 1950’s the Fate family sold their interest in the company at which point the railroad division became known as Plymouth Locomotive Works (it was ideally situated for this market with its plant based near both the Baltimore & Ohio and Akron, Canton & Youngstown). Interestingly, while enthusiasts may remember it best for locomotives, Plymouth marketed a wide range of products including cars (briefly), trucks, sightseeing buses, tractors, fork lifts, farming hand tools, and shoe repair kits. Its locomotive catalog was fascinatingly diverse with various types produced for either mining operations, carrying mechanical transmissions, or utilizing hydraulic transmissions. As the years passed, they became ever-larger; the heaviest type ever-offered was the CR-8XT model, which could be ordered up to 120 tons. In the 1970’s another name change occurred as Plymouth Industries and in 1997 it was purchased by Ohio Locomotive Crane. In 1999 the plant was closed and production moved to Bucyrus, Ohio. Shortly thereafter all operations ceased. Today, one can still find hundreds of Plymouth locomotives at work in either industrial settings or pulling excursion trains.Note #1: I will combine shipping for multiple items. Please purchase the items but do *NOT* pay. I will review and calculate shipping as close as to what I have to pay. I will then forward an invoice with the adjusted shipping. If you do pay ahead of this recalculation I will refund the shipping difference as part of preparing the items for shipment. Note #2: I want you to be happy with your purchase and would appreciate you leaving positive feedback. In the event you are not, please contact me immediately before leaving feedback so we may resolve it. Thank you. Note #3: If not previously stated item(s) come from a smoke-free environment with cats. Note #4: This is a Grandma & Grandpa shop. We have a 4-business day shipping window (this means that if you pay for your order on a Friday, it may not get shipping until the following Thursday). We do combine shipping especially when we are asked about it.If you want combined shipping, please purchase all your items in one order. If you purchase items in more than one order, send us a message so that we know about the additional items and box the orders together. (When items are bought in multiple orders, we do not always notice they were bought by the same person unless we are notified by the buyer.) We refund extra shipping charges when combined shipping is requested. If we ship items separately, we do not issue a shipping refund.For our International customers: YES!! we do combine shipping. The most economical way for you to buy multiple items from us is for you to send us a list of the items you want to buy. Do not purchase them as they are listed!! (This leads to higher than necessary fees & shipping.) Send us a complete list of all the items you want. Then we will cancel the listings for the items and turn them into a special listing just for you (We’ll send you the listing named before making it active). It will have your full purchase with the correct shipping box size and weight. This saves you on the international fees & shipping.The Plymouth Locomotive Works was an historic builder of small gasoline and diesel-electric switchers. Its most popular models weighed 25 tons or less although it produced variants as large as 120 tons. According to the book, “Critters, Dinkys & Centercabs” by author Jay Reed, Plymouth was the most successful manufacturer of these industrial switchers, producing some 7,500 during a production run which spanned nearly a century. Its heritage can be traced back to 1882 when a small factory was set up in Plymouth, Ohio to produce clay-making machinery. In 1892, one of the original promoters, J.D. Fate, bought out his partner and formed the J.D. Fate Company. The business persisted for nearly two decades in this fashion when he, and a group of investors from Toledo, Ohio, incorporated the Plymouth Truck Company to manufacture trucks. At first, they were built in Toledo, production later moved back to Plymouth. In 1912 it built its first experimental vehicle for rail service when the Bigelow Clay Company requested a type of hy-rail truck, or one which could be operated on steel rails. It then manufactured a number of experimental locomotives before introducing its first cataloged variant, the Model AL Type 1, in 1914 for the National Fire Proofing Company of Haydenville, Ohio. In 1919, J.D. Fate merged with Root-Heath Manufacturing to form Fate-Root-Heath Company.During the late 1950’s the Fate family sold their interest in the company at which point the railroad division became known as Plymouth Locomotive Works (it was ideally situated for this market with its plant based near both the Baltimore & Ohio and Akron, Canton & Youngstown). Interestingly, while enthusiasts may remember it best for locomotives, Plymouth marketed a wide range of products including cars (briefly), trucks, sightseeing buses, tractors, fork lifts, farming hand tools, and shoe repair kits. Its locomotive catalog was fascinatingly diverse with various types produced for either mining operations, carrying mechanical transmissions, or utilizing hydraulic transmissions. As the years passed, they became ever-larger; the heaviest type ever-offered was the CR-8XT model, which could be ordered up to 120 tons. In the 1970’s another name change occurred as Plymouth Industries and in 1997 it was purchased by Ohio Locomotive Crane. In 1999 the plant was closed, and production moved to Bucyrus, Ohio. Shortly thereafter all operations ceased. Today, one can still find hundreds of Plymouth locomotives at work in either industrial settings or pulling excursion trains.