FACTORY SEALED Mantua 328-03 UP 4-6-2 Locomotive #4073 w/Synchro-Steam Sound

The introduction of the 4-6-2 design in 1901 has been described as "a veritable milestone in locomotive progress" On many railways worldwide, Pacific steam locomotives provided the motive power for express passenger trains throughout much of the early to mid-20th century, before either being superseded by larger types in the late 1940s and 1950s, or replaced by electric or diesel-electric locomotives during the 1950s and 1960s. Nevertheless, new Pacific designs continued to be built until the mid-1950s.

For two years only, in 1984/85, the Mantua Hudson was available in two road names equipped with their highly innovative Synchro-Steam Sound system. Perhaps, due to the relatively high cost for the time, the system was not commercially successful though, in typical Mantua fashion, it was both ingenious, simple and highly reliable. The resulting rarity make Mantua Synchro-Steam Sound locomotives some of the hardest to find and most desirable.

FEATURES:

• FACTORY SEALED C-9 Mint Condition with Excellent Original Box.
• Sealed and stored in an air-tight custom fitted heavy zip lock bag.
• Mantua Exclusive Synchro-Steam Sound.
  
• Operating Headlamp.
• "Long Haul" tender body of pressure-cast Zamac high impact plastic.
• Steel hand rails, rods and fittings.
• Brass Bell and tender pick-up wheels.
• Powerful Pittman style 5-pole motor.
• Smooth, quiet nylon gears assembled on knurled axles.
• Slippage-free oversize knurled drive wheel axles.
• Scale 79" Drivers.
  
• Authentic brass hex-head screws for spacer-assembled side rods.
• Easy rolling needle point truck axles of cadmium plated steel.
• Heavy cast metal locomotive body, tender frame and 6-wheel tender trucks.
• Optional Upgrades Available:*
  • TCS MC2-KAC Standard DCC Decoder w/KA4 Keep Alive Installed.
  • Front & Rear Knuckle Couplers Installed.
• Mantua Catalog 1984/1985.
• Assembled loco and tender nearly 1' long weighing in at over 2 lbs

HO Scale 1:87

Dimensions: Locomotive 7 x 1 3/8 x 2" Tender 4 3/4 x 1 3/8 x 2"

Made in U. S.A.

*By choosing ANY of the available options you acknowledge that this item WILL NOT arrive Factory Sealed.