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My newest, a Mantua 2-6-2...bought on the cheap because the rods were binding, a little tweak, some oil and grease..woo hoo...
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Posted - July 23 2011 : 9:48:49 PM
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Hey Shay-man
Don't see too many Prairie's around, nice.
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Posted - July 24 2011 : 07:55:11 AM
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my loco this week a boston & maine 2-8-0 ken
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Posted - July 24 2011 : 08:41:25 AM
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Me also likeys B&M! I have two 5-gallon bins full of just B&M rolling stock! Nice engine Ken!
Sean
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Posted - July 24 2011 : 08:56:59 AM
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Sean i have on 3 Boston & Maine locos part of ongoing brass locomotive deal,ken
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Posted - July 24 2011 : 09:21:51 AM
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My LOTW:
Kosmos Timber Company's #11 HO Brass standard gauge 2-6-6-2
This is unit # 37 of only 208 units made:
This is how it looked when I sent it to by buddy to restore:
Sean
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Posted - July 24 2011 : 11:56:56 AM
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In keeping with the steam theme so far, here's my LOTW, unfinished/unstarted kit by Roundhouse, #319 Wild West Show, no. 447 of 500 kits made. Picked this up this past week for $25 at a LHS. I've started removing flashing already from the engine and tender chassis's. Looks like a nice unit.
What do you modelers recommend for removing flashing? I used dykes to cut the big pieces off, but for the fine "teeth" flashing, do you use a file? Flat or round? Does this cast material load up the file like lead would? I don't want to ruin these parts by using the wrong tool and cut or gouge off too much material. Thanks for any tips.
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Posted - July 24 2011 : 12:00:10 PM
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Nice loco Jerry!
Sean
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Posted - July 24 2011 : 12:29:56 PM
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| Jerry, I use a Nicholson set of 6 different small files I picked up at HD, well worth the price.
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Posted - July 24 2011 : 12:38:07 PM
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Those would be what are referred to as Swiss Standard Files.
Do you remember where you got them, SG?
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Posted - July 24 2011 : 3:29:10 PM
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| I got them at Home Depot...
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Posted - July 24 2011 : 4:00:42 PM
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Mine is a Stewart F7 A&B Central of New Jersey.
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Posted - July 24 2011 : 4:06:40 PM
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Hey Frank,
That looks like the puppy I rode on, on a trip to Jim Thorpe Pa. about 7-8 years ago! Wish I had the pics!
SG, what length are those files, about 4"?
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Posted - July 24 2011 : 4:29:32 PM
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Heres mine:
She had ol' fluid left in her a puffin' she a went!
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Posted - July 24 2011 : 7:55:45 PM
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Here mine, the Hooterville Cannonball.
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Posted - July 24 2011 : 9:09:04 PM
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SG, what length are those files, about 4"?
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Originally posted by romcat - July 24 2011 : 4:06:40 PM
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Yes, not including very nice wood handles that are an additional 2" or so.
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Posted - July 24 2011 : 9:47:18 PM
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Hooterville Cannonball is Sierra #3 a famous movie loco Was also used in BTTF 3 
I see that loco go for uber high prices at shows & Ebay I do want one even if it don't work
My loco(?) of the week
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Posted - July 28 2011 : 07:39:33 AM
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Nice collection of steamers this week, dudes. Toptrain's CNJ F units are looking sharp and busss's EC is a gem! From my final IHC-ish set:
IHC Modern American steam locomotive for the Chicago & NorthWestern. This is a great little runner and has become one of my most utilised engines. Big iron may claim all the glory but for yard work or local freight duty, locos like these rule the rails!
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Posted - July 28 2011 : 07:55:32 AM
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thanks tykowolf I got it at a LHS in Denver area Cost me in the box $10  & its a track cleaner too 
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Posted - July 28 2011 : 08:01:15 AM
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| That's cool, microbusss. Do you use it much to clean track? Does it work well?
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Posted - July 28 2011 : 11:19:48 AM
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it works fine Tho I don't got a layout to clean with Also it'smade by Bachmann & there is a Amtrak one & believe it or not I seen one IRL & it was the UP one
One is forsale for $300,000 on Ebay now
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Plasser-Track-Geometry-Em80-Railroad-track-inspection-/320734904687?pt=Other_Vehicles_Everything_Else&hash=item4aad4a416f
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Posted - July 29 2011 : 12:13:56 PM
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My Friend Has That EC1 Locomotive/Track cleaner. He Got it for $5 at a train show. Anyone Got Any Kato Engines to Show?
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Posted - July 29 2011 : 6:10:17 PM
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Here is my Mantua 2-8-4 Nickle Plate Road. Great runner.
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Posted - July 29 2011 : 7:15:04 PM
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| That's a mighty nice looking 2-8-4, Tim. I bet it will pull quite a few cars too. - Thomas
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Posted - July 29 2011 : 8:21:11 PM
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quote:That's a mighty nice looking 2-8-4, Tim. I bet it will pull quite a few cars too. - Thomas
Originally posted by Redwoods - July 29 2011 : 7:15:04 PM
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Thanks, I have it pulling 4 heavyweight Athearn cars currently. They just look good together. Only issue is that the old open Mantua motors are not the best at slow speeds. I may re-motor it with a Yardbird can motor kit at some point.
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Posted - July 29 2011 : 9:34:54 PM
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Nice Berkshire!
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Posted - July 30 2011 : 1:58:49 PM
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Thanks, I have it pulling 4 heavyweight Athearn cars currently. They just look good together. Only issue is that the old open Mantua motors are not the best at slow speeds. I may re-motor it with a Yardbird can motor kit at some point.
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Tim, you can replace the original magnet with neodymiums, which will really help your low speed performance. The two stacks I put in this in this 0-6-0 make it run like it has a can motor.
Do you know when your loco was made? I've never seen a large Mantua steamer with plastic valve gear and a standard crosshead guide.
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Posted - July 30 2011 : 6:57:50 PM
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Do you know when your loco was made? I've never seen a large Mantua steamer with plastic valve gear and a standard crosshead guide.
Originally posted by NickelPlate759Â -Â July 30 2011Â :Â 1:58:49 PM
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I bought it as NOS at the RIT train show for $30 two years ago. Forget the box color. It does have metal valve gear. How can I tell the age from looking at the train?
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Posted - July 31 2011 : 05:27:17 AM
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Hahaha! That's amazing! I like model trains but I wouldn't like an actual size one... well, maybe if it was an Alco Century 630. It sure would look impressive in the driveway!
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Posted - July 31 2011 : 09:55:46 AM
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I bought it as NOS at the RIT train show for $30 two years ago. Forget the box color. It does have metal valve gear. How can I tell the age from looking at the train?
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I should have said plastic valve gear hanger, not the linkage itself, because it's more like the hanger on the Chattanooga. Never seen that style before or since, though.
If I had to guess I'd say it was made in the late 80's or early 90's when they took back the Mantua name and were doing different things like this, but before they started using can motors.
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Posted - August 03 2011 : 12:25:56 PM
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Somebodys Listing The 1:1 Scale version of the Peice Im about To Buy In N Scale
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Posted - August 03 2011 : 12:39:53 PM
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| Nelson...what is your source for those magnets ---and---can the result be the same or near the same if you simply stack them to the outside of the existing one? Thanks ahead of time...
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Posted - August 03 2011 : 4:25:20 PM
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quote:Nelson...what is your source for those magnets ---and---can the result be the same or near the same if you simply stack them to the outside of the existing one? Thanks ahead of time...
Originally posted by shaygetz - August 03 2011 : 12:39:53 PM
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Hi Shayman,
Don't test a good motor by sticking neodymiums to it, unless you're sure you're going to replace the original magnet. I've learned the hard way that it completely overwhelms the alnico magnet -- basically shorts it -- and leaves it with virtually no magnetism. I did this to a motor in an old Gilbert Hudson, and replacement was difficult because the magnet is a disc with the poles along the edges.
Neodymiums are so powerful that sticking them to the side of the the motor will make it run, but for optimum power you need the maximum amount of surface area in contact with the pole pieces, so they should be installed in place of the original magnet.
Try Emovendo: http://www.emovendo.net/
He has a huge selection, and he's the only dealer I found who had the disc magnets I needed. The magnets in the photo are actually from (believe it or not) the bottom of my old Sonicare toothbrush heads. I cut them off and soak them in lacquer thinner to remove their black coating. They're small enough that they can be stacked and put into just about any motor.
I think this has been posted before, but DarthSantaFe on the MR forum has a thread about it.
http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/t/120264.aspx?PageIndex=1
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Posted - August 04 2011 : 10:50:07 AM
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I should have said plastic valve gear hanger, not the linkage itself, because it's more like the hanger on the Chattanooga. Never seen that style before or since, though.
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You know, I have one too. Never saw one since until now. I thought mine was a custom kitbash or something. I guess not now. Must have been factory. I think I would guess it to be no earlier than the 1980's to the 1990's, at least.
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