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Finally after 3 years of searching I've found and purchased the #1 engine I've been looking for. #1 on the list, my dream engine  The Mantua Conrail shifter.
You may be wondering why I like such a weird, fake, and oddball engine. And to be honest I just love the weird, the unusual, the fake or fictional roadnames or paint schemes, just love it. For the last 3 years I've been trying to find this rare Mantua shifter. I'm not lying when I say it's very rare, only made 1980-1981. In the last 3 years alone I've never come across one at a train show and only 2 on ebay. Both of which sold for over $50.
So how did I come across this one? By accident........a friend of mine had told me he couldn't find any mantua 3 axle truck tenders usually found on the Mantua 2-8-2 and 4-6-2s, by them selves. I found that to be completely malarkey so I jumped on ebay and typed in HO tender, hit search, and the first result? The Conrail shifter...........at that point my jaw practically hit the floor.....Was newly listed at the time for $45 Buy it Now. I couldn't believe it, the engine I had never found after weekly searching for the past 3 years magically appeared under no notice....
So of course I wasn't going to ignore it, watched it for about 3 days and noticed it got no watchers. How, or why? Poorly listed. So after 3 days I said alright enough waiting, pulled the trigger and bought the thing!
So now I can cross off #1 on the list, FINALLY!! And now my Conrail steam collection is 75% complete! Got 2 of the 3 Conrail steamers ever produced, the AHM A-3 0-4-0 and now the Mantua shifter 0-4-0. So what's left? The AHM Conrail 4-6-2 
Now I'm on the hunt for lokies #2 and 3 on the list ;) Hooker Chemical booster, it's orange you can't miss it. And the Navy little six. The hooker chemical booster is gonna be the hardest one to find. I see the Navy 0-6-0 from time to time.
 1 down 2 to go!!
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Posted - November 03 2013 : 2:31:48 PM
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NICE ! You're livin' the dream ! 
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Posted - November 03 2013 : 2:38:05 PM
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You bet my friend! My year has been made
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Posted - November 03 2013 : 4:56:10 PM
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Nice loco Hyde, tell your friend I have plenty of the 3 axle tender trucks. Let me know if he wants a few.
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Posted - November 03 2013 : 5:40:49 PM
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Thanks Tom! I'll have to know what price you want for them cause I love making auxiliary tenders out of them
Friends trying to build up his Southern collection.
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Posted - November 03 2013 : 6:08:23 PM
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Hi SCVR66,
Congrats on the find! It's a great feeling when you find a #1 list item.
Mine would be the Tyco Amtrak F unit at the moment, but it changes, LOL.
Thanks for sharing.
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Posted - November 03 2013 : 8:11:00 PM
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Thanks Mytyco! My #1 is now the Hooker Chemical Booster
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Posted - November 04 2013 : 12:35:22 AM
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Congrats.... I knew you have been looking for that for a while...
It looks LN.
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Posted - November 04 2013 : 07:27:29 AM
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| Boy, I had that Navy Little Six in my hand today. A guy who does the local shows has one. Fairly high priced IIRC, but he's reasonable to deal with.
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Posted - November 04 2013 : 4:23:29 PM
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Why didn't you buy it then? I'd be on you about it if you did get it urging you to sell it to me
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Edited by - SCVR66 on November 05 2013 8:46:36 PM
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Posted - November 04 2013 : 7:21:32 PM
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Congratz on the find! It's funny how certain things have these ways of sneaking up on you when you least expect it. I have a few engines that have done that to me. 
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Posted - November 04 2013 : 7:26:42 PM
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I almost thought I was seeing things.... It's like really? I've spent the better part of 3 years trying to search and find it, and the time where I'm not searching for it I find it......Lets just say I'm glad my friend had no luck finding a mantua tender
Which was complete malarkey by the way, those things are everywhere
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Posted - November 04 2013 : 10:36:00 PM
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| Hooker Chemical . . . a bit of notoriety, hey.
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Posted - November 04 2013 : 11:37:31 PM
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I came home one day and this was sitting on the table. I looked at my wife and she said "Love you"! She had went by the train shop but did not know what to get me, so she picked this one because it was pretty...
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Posted - November 05 2013 : 7:17:29 PM
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Does your wife have a similar relative? Perhaps a teenage one?
Nice engine!!
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Edited by - SCVR66 on November 05 2013 7:54:30 PM
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Posted - November 06 2013 : 01:17:27 AM
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That is a rare one, Phil. I've never seen that version before. It looks like it was first offered in '81, based on the catalogs on Tony's site.
I love that Davenport in D&RG, too.
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Posted - November 06 2013 : 07:00:10 AM
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quote:Why didn't you buy it then? I'd be on you about it if you did get it urging you to sell it to me
Originally posted by SCVR66Â -Â November 04 2013Â :Â 4:23:29 PM
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Had no idea it was anything special or anyone would want it. PM me and let me know what's too much to spend on it.
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Posted - November 06 2013 : 5:33:37 PM
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Nelson the Davenport is an engine I seriously want.....Our Thomas (Redwoods) has a Conrail davenport which would look with my Conrail shifter
Maybe someday he'll sell it
I'd like the Milwaukee Road version.
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Posted - November 06 2013 : 7:53:15 PM
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real cool
I HAD one of those Plymouth diesels with Republic Steel but I sent it to EM-1 last Friday
Oh well I'll mark these to look for on my list to find at train show on the 30th
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