Anyhow.... I found this Vintage Tyco/Mantua Diecast General! I have never seen this sort of configuration.... if I think what I'm seeing is real! The Tender has the Motor that drives a Shaft Forward that Drives the Wheels?
The Motor works....but I guess I'm MISSING the Forward part of the shaft that goes into the Steamer. Can I buy one of these anywhere??? Does anyone have a Manual here, so I can figure out how to fix this??? Pix below!
Many thanks, TycoTed
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The AHM "old-time" locos (Reno, Bowker, Inyo) used the same system at one point too - that way they could hide a fairly large motor in the tender. All-in-all it makes motor replacement remarkably easy.
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The AHM "old-time" locos (Reno, Bowker, Inyo) used the same system at one point too - that way they could hide a fairly large motor in the tender. All-in-all it makes motor replacement remarkably easy.
Originally posted by Vanderbilt-November 27 2008: 10:59:07 AM
V: It's a pretty old system, and was already in use by the 1930s...including the whole ambiguous name question - is something a "tender drive" when the loco's driven, but the motor's in the tender?
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With mantua 4-4-0 drives that have a missing connecting shaft I just make a new one. It is just a pair of nuts and a screw the proper length. Superglued together. frank toptrain
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