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FINALLY, I can claim this one as my own!  Just paid off the estate lot I bought, this old Mantua 2-6-6-2 was one of the ones I snagged. One of my biggest, if not THE biggest, that I own now. 
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Posted - June 26 2016 : 3:25:04 PM
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Wow, very good find. I would love to have one of these Mantua logging locos at some point.
-Steve
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Posted - June 26 2016 : 4:08:46 PM
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That is the bomb! Here's my oddball. Picked it up from selling Estate Sale stuffs.
The uglier they are, the cuter they are.
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Posted - June 26 2016 : 9:17:13 PM
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a toy by Lehmann
Made in Western Germany
yeah this does resemble LGB's classic steam loco
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Posted - June 26 2016 : 10:03:56 PM
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| Twycozone, Busss, Twycozone.
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Posted - June 27 2016 : 11:55:20 AM
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This bad boy came to me as new old stock with cracked axles. Those have since been replaced with new athearn gears and I also added a digitrax decoder and led lighting. This is it during the teast run. I plan to add the included details and that should make it ready for service on the line.
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Posted - June 27 2016 : 6:27:39 PM
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The teast run appears to be going well. That's the
yeast I can say.
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Posted - June 27 2016 : 7:50:58 PM
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Like the opening post this week a Mantua 2-6-6-2. This one has a tender.
frank
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Posted - June 28 2016 : 12:15:43 AM
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Finally, I got a box of locos to service for the LHS.
Tri-Ang 2-6-2T BR 82004
Not too noisy.
Just kidding.
This has such oversized flanges, it rides the ties
Evan
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Posted - June 28 2016 : 6:39:31 PM
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Really like that switcher, chops! That one even has the tender booster, not too common from what I understand.
-Peter
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Posted - June 28 2016 : 10:27:26 PM
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Thanks Dasturner, yes, it was a lucky find, and NOS at
that. I really need to get busy putting some miles on it.
PGE33, I just love that chunky old Triang. I dabble in
OO, and found quickly that HO track will not well
tolerate those really big flanges.
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Posted - June 29 2016 : 07:34:42 AM
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quote:Finally, I got a box of locos to service for the LHS.
Tri-Ang 2-6-2T BR 82004
Not too noisy.
Just kidding.
This has such oversized flanges, it rides the ties
Evan
Originally posted by PGE33Â -Â June 28 2016Â :Â 12:15:43 AM
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Evan, Jeff, I run all my English , Triang, Hornby, and whatever the others are on my code 100 mostly Atlas layout. Only the real old Triang flanges hit the ties. Those on the EMD double ender, And the F type passenger diesel. There is something that resembles a RS3 with the big flanges. All the others including my Triang Princess's run fine. I don't have a 2-6-2 tanker.
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Posted - June 29 2016 : 12:55:24 PM
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I learned pretty quick that Atlas crossings and turnouts did not mix well with OO, even
the finer scale Bachmann. For straight and curves, I can generally get buy with some
fitter pieces.
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Posted - June 30 2016 : 4:21:06 PM
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Frank, I was lucky enough to find some other axles for my double-ender.
It was just too annoying to run before that.
Now it's a sweet runner.
Evan
Evan, here is what I did with one of mine.
frank
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Posted - June 30 2016 : 9:52:14 PM
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| I believe a Austrailian railway did a double ended F unit one time
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Posted - July 01 2016 : 11:32:54 AM
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quote:Frank, I was lucky enough to find some other axles for my double-ender.
It was just too annoying to run before that.
Now it's a sweet runner.
Evan
Evan, here is what I did with one of mine.
frank
Originally posted by PGE33Â -Â June 30 2016Â :Â 4:21:06 PM
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took me a while to notice the parts boxes in the back. "stuff" "things". HA HA!
If you are not having fun, you are not doing it right.
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Posted - July 01 2016 : 7:00:18 PM
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It's really nice seeing these OO pieces. Motivates me to get back to working on
my OO layout. If no one minds, here's my little double ender. I swapped a
Johnson Wax for it. This one is a Playcraft, made by the French manufacturer
Joeuf. It has a sturdy motor and transmission, I really enjoy it. D6100 is its
classification.
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Posted - July 02 2016 : 3:33:56 PM
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It is great to see an old friend. Im glad that british unit found a good home. My LOTW is a Tyco GP-20 kitbash to a GP-18 in the Mopac bicentennial colors for the 4th of july.
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