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 Posted - January 10 2009 : 08:37:21 AM
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Hi all,
let's turn back time to the 60's. There was a manufacturer selling under the name of "Tempo". This actually was the well known company of Mehanotehnika in Yugoslavia, and they offered a mining Railway (narrow gauge, H0n2/H0e), which looks quite familiar, at least in our european eyes!
Here ist the link to one of their early catalogues (1964?):
http://www.modellbahnarchiv.net/Modelle/Jugoslawien/Tempo/catalog.shtml?Java
I recently aquired some of these quite rare sets, which were sold by AHM in the USA.
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The set with the steamer is complete and like new, the other sets are incomplete.
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Here is the yugoslavian made diesel, which differs a lot from the current Roco model (Plymouth industrial switcher)
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The steamer is a Baldwin 4-10-C saddletank.
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All the wagons are marked "Roco Austria" and are still included in the current Roco catalogue.
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There are set boxes "Made in Yugoslavia"...
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...and "Made in Austria".
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This train line dissapeared form the AHM and Mehanotehnika catalogues in 1971.
Cheers and have fun,
Martin
http://mmiwakoh.de/Eigene%20Webs/lima-modellbahn/index.htm
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Posted - January 10 2009 : 08:48:47 AM
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nice sets martin very collectable on both sides of the atlantic ken
Edited by - catfordken on January 10 2009 08:54:46 AM
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Posted - January 10 2009 : 11:44:38 AM
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I picked up the set with the Plymouth at a show for $15.
I had to replace the axle gears on the loco but I thought that was a good deal.
Ray
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Posted - January 10 2009 : 9:27:19 PM
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You're not kidding that was a good deal, Ray.  Those sets can go for some serious money. The AHM guys I know have sold some of them for $400. The AHM HO/N crossovers go for at least $30 on eBay.
The Plymouth is a much more typical of industrial switchers than most of those offered in HO. NWSL has a replacement drive for it:
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Galaxy/8525/ahm/ahm.html
Here's some history: http://www.geocities.com/retro-roco/bobhist.html
http://www.egger-bahn.de/english/index.htm
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Posted - January 12 2009 : 04:14:24 AM
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I picked up some of those at a big show last year and ended up eBaying them - had one of each engine if I remember right. I think I had maybe $20 in the pair. The diesel was missing something, steamer had a drive wheel issue but ran. One of them went to Japan when it sold.
The diesel you can buy a resin copy of from Funaro which may be able to be motorized.
I also meant to add that the steam chassis was also available with a European locomotive shell - both as a tank loco and with an American style tender complete with "Union Pacific" lettering in a set with a couple of tiny coaches.
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Posted - January 12 2009 : 11:52:44 AM
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this might be of interest to ahm minitain collecters ken
http://www.datamasta.com/emags/how_to/h_2005_jun_01.htm
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Posted - January 12 2009 : 11:57:30 AM
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also this ken
http://home.powertech.no/jr/locolist/locolist.html
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