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Trying to identify a No road name metal mantua engine

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Trying to identify a No road name metal mantua engine
Posted by James Huff on Thursday, April 18, 2024 12:24 AM

I have a interesting case of having a really detailed 4-6-2 metal mantua steam engine that runs excellent but has nothing identifing it except it saying mantua underneanth the tender. The center driving wheels are blind. The engine and tender are paint plain black. No numbers, roadname just plain black. The engine and tender are both die cast metal and the tender has 6 wheel trucks. The motor is in the engine not the tender.

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Posted by COL BEAUSABRE on Thursday, April 18, 2024 1:49 AM

So what is your question? It sounds like a superdetailed Mantua 4-6-2 - they resembled B&O's P-7 class, but the cab isn't right.

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Posted by "JaBear" on Thursday, April 18, 2024 4:59 AM
Gidday James, while not specifically answering your question (s), you may find this link interesting.
 
 
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Posted by MisterBeasley on Friday, April 19, 2024 3:33 PM

Well, a 4-6-2 steamer in the US would be a Pacific locomotive, an engine type used by quite a few railroads.  Many were used in passenger service early in the twentieth century.

You should give some thought as to how you'd like to display and run this engine on your layout.  You might find it interesting to research your preferred roads to see which ones had Pacifics on their rosters, and how they used them.  Decal companies like Microscale can help, as they support many steam-era roads with logos and road name decals.  Independent decal printers can help, too, if you have an unusual request. 

If you can post a photo of the unusual detailing, someone here might help identify the road that owned it.

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Posted by James Huff on Friday, April 19, 2024 4:16 PM

MisterBeasley

Well, a 4-6-2 steamer in the US would be a Pacific locomotive, an engine type used by quite a few railroads.  Many were used in passenger service early in the twentieth century.

You should give some thought as to how you'd like to display and run this engine on your layout.  You might find it interesting to research your preferred roads to see which ones had Pacifics on their rosters, and how they used them.  Decal companies like Microscale can help, as they support many steam-era roads with logos and road name decals.  Independent decal printers can help, too, if you have an unusual request. 

If you can post a photo of the unusual detailing, someone here might help identify the road that owned it.

 

 

here are some pictures of it.

 

Plain black mantua!

 

Mantua stamped underneath tender

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Posted by richhotrain on Friday, April 19, 2024 4:34 PM

Photos are not showing up.

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Posted by James Huff on Friday, April 19, 2024 4:45 PM

Click the picture and download it.

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Posted by richhotrain on Friday, April 19, 2024 5:10 PM

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Posted by James Huff on Friday, April 19, 2024 8:48 PM

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Posted by James Huff on Friday, April 19, 2024 8:49 PM

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Posted by Darth Santa Fe on Saturday, April 20, 2024 1:19 AM

This is Mantua's standard 4-6-2.  Looking at the motor, this version was sold under their name as well as the Tyco name for around 30 years with little to no change.  I'm guessing it was a kit since this looks like a custom paint job.

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Posted by Overmod on Saturday, April 20, 2024 9:16 AM

I had one of those (the Tyco version) when I was a child, and it was one of my most prized possessions.  I believe yours was sold as 'undecorated' as I don't see  any paint applied to the cab and tender shell.  That is the way they looked 'out of the box', including the handrails.

There have been some good articles over the years about superdetailing this locomotive; you can get a good-looking model relatively easily.

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