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 Posted - November 26 2011 : 7:12:54 PM
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SInce 1978 to the end of production did Mantua ever make a Plymouth Industrial Switcher with a DuPont Roadname? If so, can anyone post a pic?
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Posted - November 26 2011 : 7:56:24 PM
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Here's a link to a very old '40's Dupont Plymouth switcher being restored, a former Dupont Explosives plant engine. Has Weyrhouser logo on it now, whom it was sold to, but it is being restored to a Dupont loco eventually.
http://realdupont.com/more-train-restoration-coverage/
Pretty neat.
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Posted - November 26 2011 : 8:14:51 PM
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You're talking about this little guy, right?
http://www.hoseeker.org/assemblyexplosiontyco/tyco227industrialpg1.jpg
It was made in so many industrial schemes, it wouldn't surprise me. GIC had a thread a few years ago with a collection of them that he'd bought, but I couldn't locate it.
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Posted - November 26 2011 : 9:38:34 PM
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Yes, Mantua did produced the DuPont Switcher from 1980 thru 1982.
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Posted - November 26 2011 : 10:09:36 PM
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Here are a few pics of the one I have.
 
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Posted - November 27 2011 : 12:08:26 AM
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| Thanks guys.... I wasn't sure if Mantua ever made it. It is the only one I don't have.
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Posted - November 27 2011 : 09:29:20 AM
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and it's not mentioned in any resource I've found, nor found any mention on auctions either. Seen refs to Westinghouse and others but not Dupont. I'll have to keep my eyes open for this one. I have Republic Steel, UP, and a black unmarked one so far.
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Posted - November 27 2011 : 09:37:45 AM
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the dupont was a 1980 release by mantua page 11 of 1980 catalogue ken
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Posted - November 27 2011 : 10:24:46 AM
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Thanks Ken, I tried to find something like that on Ho Seeker. Most of those are not common. Rarely seen on Ebay, besides the Ford,I think the DuPont is the hardest to find. I have only seen a couple of the large lettered RCA switchers also.
Edited by - AF Kid on November 27 2011 10:26:08 AM
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Posted - November 27 2011 : 10:26:20 AM
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| hi af,the bottom 5 in red are the rare ones,i have never seen the pitts glass one yet ken
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Posted - November 27 2011 : 10:27:35 AM
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I've been looking for the RCA switcher,because I collect/play records.
Quite a few are RCA's so this switcher would fit in perfectly.
I do own a Bell telephone loco,and must say these switchers run very well.
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Posted - November 27 2011 : 10:28:02 AM
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Odd, no AT&SF ver listed and yet I have one.
Hmmmm.
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Posted - November 27 2011 : 10:38:21 AM
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When I get back home in a couple weeks I will post a pic of all the variations.
The earlier PI Switchers made in the 60's had a darker shade of paint on the roofs. The later variations (post-1978 Mantua) bottoms had a screw instead of the rivet. I think the ATSF was made earlier in the70's.
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Posted - November 27 2011 : 11:01:54 AM
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sweet &  Even I want RCA, Bell Telephone, GE & Ford ones 
Did the RCA loco come as 2 versions or just the one?  I could of swore I saw the loco with the older round RCA logo Or am I crazy?
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Posted - November 27 2011 : 11:06:19 AM
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the atsf is a tyco red box ken
http://tycotrain.tripod.com/locomotives/id1.html
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Posted - November 27 2011 : 1:44:59 PM
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Yes MB, there are 2 versions of the RCA logo.
The round one with the electric bolt type letters,and the later blocky letters.
Me wants both!
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Posted - November 27 2011 : 2:45:48 PM
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| Tyco produced Republic Steel, U.P., GE, Westinghouse, RCA, U.S. Steel, Bell Telephone and Santa Fe in red boxes.
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Posted - November 27 2011 : 6:34:35 PM
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I have the Bell Telephone, but would love an RCA and Timken in particular. This was a cool series.
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Posted - November 27 2011 : 9:51:26 PM
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Somewhere I have an original set of rails for these puppies. I remember Shay doing a custom set of rails for one of these, maybe it was a hustler???
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Posted - November 28 2011 : 4:39:57 PM
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Those little buggers are tons of fun when you have roadnames to go with rolling stock...
I've installed the handrails since those pics were taken. I know where I can get a Timken one, I didn't pick it up last time. Have the Bell Telephone one too. There is a variant on the Hooker one (smaller logo). Would love to get the Boise Cascade one since its logo is similar to the one I designed for the Saint Canard Midland.
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Posted - November 28 2011 : 4:43:16 PM
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Nice Switchers, Tony!
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Posted - November 28 2011 : 4:46:01 PM
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Heres Mine
Its not tyco/mantua, but cool! Plymouths really get my juices flowing!
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