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 Posted - January 11 2018 : 8:36:09 PM
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Hello All, I just saw a pic of an old Mantua 0-4-0 in yellow livery lettered for New York Central. It seems to be original paint...does anyone have one or know about these? Were they possibly part of a set that included the yellow (orange- ish) maintenance-of-way cars? Thanks, Chris
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Posted - January 12 2018 : 10:14:50 AM
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hi chris check this link out , from T-5906 "Minute Man" set (1959),ken
http://www.tycoforums.com/tyco/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7515
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Edited by - catfordken on January 12 2018 10:16:14 AM
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Posted - January 12 2018 : 4:16:38 PM
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I wish I had gotten to know Loopy better before he passed away. He seemed like a really nice guy.
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Posted - January 12 2018 : 5:07:58 PM
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I wish I had gotten to know Loopy better before he passed away. He seemed like a really nice guy.
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - January 12 2018 : 4:16:38 PM
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yeah he was 
he even mailed me a mess of Tyco trains too! 
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Posted - January 12 2018 : 9:07:16 PM
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| Thanks! I just picked one up on EBay. Mechanism needs some attention and there’s some paint chipping, but I think I can match it—-but the lettering is all intact. I wonder what the Minuteman set was...I think it would look good pulling my Mantua NYC bunk car, flat and gondola (all orange).
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Posted - January 12 2018 : 9:21:36 PM
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| Wow, looking at the ‘59 catalog, that’s what it was—loco, water flat, Derrick, gon, bunk—all in orange. The loco had a snowplow. However, the loco in the catalog was black—-maybe a pre-production photo?
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Posted - January 13 2018 : 11:13:42 AM
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agree sean busses a real helpful and knowledgeable guy
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Posted - January 13 2018 : 12:54:01 PM
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quote:Wow, looking at the ‘59 catalog, that’s what it was—loco, water flat, Derrick, gon, bunk—all in orange. The loco had a snowplow. However, the loco in the catalog was black—-maybe a pre-production photo?
Originally posted by Adams - January 12 2018 : 9:21:36 PM
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I have all those in Union Pacific but the derrick & water containers are all missing from the flatcars
Have been since I acquired the set years ago
Don't have the loco or caboose 
Which was a 4 wheel Bobber I believe
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Posted - May 24 2018 : 3:48:54 PM
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quote:Wow, looking at the ‘59 catalog, that’s what it was—loco, water flat, Derrick, gon, bunk—all in orange. The loco had a snowplow. However, the loco in the catalog was black—-maybe a pre-production photo?
Originally posted by Adams - January 12 2018 : 9:21:36 PM
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The yellow/orange is correct. I've never seen a black one in the set so I think it was just a stand in for the catalog photograph. My advice is to not touch up the locomotive.
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