Just picked this up today for under $30 And thought I would share it:
It's a Mantua 0-4-0 Booster that was converted into a 4-4-0 Cab Forward.
I think it was a pretty good deal and I will add it to my collection of them.
This one I plan to rework the rear deck (originally the front pilot deck). I plan to remove the replacement steps and add more of a platform type deck that would exist between the loco and tender. On this one, it looks to me like the builder forgot about the oil tender.
Sean
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That may be the lead truck from the 4-6-0 variant of the Bachmann USRA 0-6-0. That was a short lived piece in the late '70s.
Originally posted by lvrr325Â -Â April 22 2013Â :Â 7:23:22 PM
It is a Kemtron lead truck. They sold it as a kit that was produced & marketed in conjunction with their brass brass cab-forward cab front piece. It dates from ~1960's.
Here is another view of the cab forward piece and you can see they have the trucks as well:
The upper Varney engine I have wired for directional lighting. Just never finished it. Sean
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pretty neat concept...except HOW do you get the coal into the onboard coal bin with the entire face of a cab on the rear?! Not trying to be a killjoy, I do love the uniqueness of it, but without some further "engine nearing", I don't think it'd get far past the planning stage. Cool buggers! I'm already thinking up a diesel concept similar to this, but with Hustlers.
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pretty neat concept...except HOW do you get the coal into the onboard coal bin with the entire face of a cab on the rear?! Not trying to be a killjoy, I do love the uniqueness of it, but without some further "engine nearing", I don't think it'd get far past the planning stage. Cool buggers! I'm already thinking up a diesel concept similar to this, but with Hustlers.
Jerry
Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GTÂ -Â April 22 2013Â :Â 9:00:55 PM
Jerry... They are OIL burners... No Killjoy here...
Those three short vandi tenders are easily converted into oil tenders and actually look great when used behind one of these:
Here is another one I have with the MDC oil tender:
Sean
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Posted - April 22 2013 : 6:37:08 PM
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Posted - April 22 2013 : 6:40:36 PM
the front wheels under the cab look like the same ones from those...*looks it up*... Bachmann Plasser EM80Cs 
Not trying to be a killjoy, I do love the uniqueness of it, but without some further "engine nearing", I don't think it'd get far past the planning stage. Cool buggers! I'm already thinking up a diesel concept similar to this, but with Hustlers. 
