Could someone point me to a US/canadian Diesel shunter etc, I need one to haul a few tankers from island to island.
Couldn't spot on in the vast array I have installed, thanks.
My first collection of old ModelRailroader Magazine, had a story about a fictional HOn2 1/2 gauge puzzle type NG route in New England, with a so flimsy pier, that loco's had to use a buffer flat car to shove rail cars, as heavy loco's were phrohibited from operating on the pier. Ever since then I have loved small loco's, as they had the absolute dinkyist small loco resembling the Trainz NG Shunter. Also the famous late John Allen's G&D model railroad had equally dinky loco's, some off which in Trainz have superman powerful enginespecs, and absolutely hauntingly lovely whistles and bell sounds.
You could try looking by the nominal weight of the locomotive (i.e. "23ton" or "44ton") if you are looking for a specific size, as most of this sort of equipment was classified by the nominal weight. Yes my metric using friends, it is in US customary measure short tons, i.e. 1 ton is 2,000lbs or about 907kg.
Another way to shake out the DLS is to use the manufacturers name as a keyword. Plymouth, Davenport, and Whitcomb were "big" manufacturers of light industrial engines here in the US. You do need to be careful as these companies also did a brisk trade in export locomotives as well. I did find the following which may meet your requirements which hasn't been mentioned earlier:
<kuid2:69871:130:2> Loco Whitcomb PON
<kuid:396831:100570> Whitcomb 50 tonner # 12
<kuid:191567:100962> Whitcomb 50 tonner, blue and red
<kuid:396831:100553> Whitcomb 50 tonner # 11
You may be able to find other manufacturers by using the category list at the bottom of the Wikipedia pages on these companies, as I recall it may be something like "North American Locomotive Builders" as a title on the list.