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I have one of these Tyco/Mantua Generals. Bought it years ago at a train show. It was broken at the time. I ordered repair parts from Mantua, and got it working again. Mantua made many of Tyco's early products, or at least, they own the molds for these locomotives. Tyco was a "toy train" quality brand. Mantua was a good quality brand, but with today's P2K, Spectrum, etc. products, Mantua's line was quite out of date - detail wise. Unfortunately, Mantua went out of business a year or two ago. I understand that Model Power has purchased the Mantua forms and molds. I suggest you contact Model Power. They may have some parts for your General left over from when Mantua made them. Alternatively, you can keep an eye out at train shows, swap meets, ebay, and other internet sites for other Generals that you may be able to purchase and canabalize parts from to repair your locomotive. Hope this helps, Dale B.
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