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 Posted - September 30 2012 : 11:11:26 AM
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One of the many train sets I got as a child was a Sears Royal Blue set, but I was never impressed with the tender pusher drive system. Has anybody stuck a different chassis under the 2-8-0 boiler to get a Mantua style drive in this beautifull engine? Anything but the PT tender drive. I have long thought about getting another one of these, espicaly after seeing the pics of them here. But I love to run and pull long trains, something the PT doesnt like. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Mike
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Posted - September 30 2012 : 11:40:37 AM
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There's a couple members who have had luck using a CD-ROM motor in place of the original motor. Mantua's 0-8-0 is loosely based on the Tyco 2-8-0/0-8-0 series. I believe with some work and the right parts, a motor could moved into the firebox/cab area. Just not sure what gear combo would work.
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Posted - September 30 2012 : 12:48:52 PM
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Didnt IHC/Mehano reissue the 2-8-0/0-8-0 with a cab mounted can motor? I could have swore they did prior to the fall of IHC. I wonder if one of those drives could be swapped in without any major mods to the locomotive. Anybody have one of the IHC/Mehano 0-8-0s that can compare drives to the Royal Blue engine shell. Mike
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Posted - September 30 2012 : 3:39:34 PM
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As someone pointed out recently, the Mehano version of the Chattanooga was their Mikado stripped of lead and trailing trucks. I doubt it wold be a close fit. The IHC/Mehano 0-8-0/2-8-0 would be closer, since they used the same boiler tooling. They aren't cheap, though, and I don't know anyone who has tried it.
Search the forum for "Frankentorque" or "Chattanooga repower." There have been threads about the CD ROM motor retrofits.
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Posted - September 30 2012 : 4:07:33 PM
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Just mount a motor on the loco drive frame.
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Posted - October 03 2012 : 4:47:46 PM
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One solution to this topic was covered here.
http://www.tycoforums.com/tyco/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11842
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Posted - October 03 2012 : 4:52:33 PM
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This is another one done that way.
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