Rusty Traque posted:Strummer posted:
With that in mind, I threw down an oval of Unitrack and thought I'd run a couple of my ghosts from the past, including this:
I got this a long time ago, as is, and never got around to finishing off the details. This has the enclosed gear box, and I have no idea as to how old it is, or when the last time I ran it.
Mark in Oregon
Mark, I would place your model from somewhere in the 1950's (It was first reviewed in the June 1952 Model Railroader...) due to the metal pilot assembly, gearbox and tender shell. I believe the tender and pilot went plastic and the gearbox eliminated when the Tyco branding appeared in the early 1960's.
Mantua also reintroduced the gearbox in the late 1980's as their "Power Drive."
These locomotives may not be the most detailed in the world, but they are elegant in their simplicity and provided a solid performer for many a budding model railroader back in the day.
I'll let you in on one of my secrets: HO Seekers a great site for researching past HO in general. Don't tell anyone...
Rusty
That is definitely the original die cast Mantua Pacific. It's identical to the engine in the photos that I posted on this topic last night. Thanks for the MR review date. That means I was in 9th ot 10th grade when I built one - about three years after I started in HO.
