Mantua 349-503 UP Class P-8 4-6-2 Heavy Pacific Locomotive #2860 w/"Vandy" Tender and Smoke

THE PINNACLE OF MANTUA 4-6-2 DESIGN & PRODUCTION

Offered for two years only in 2000 and 2001, the final production years of the original Mantua Company, this NEW Mantua 349-503 UP Class P8 4-6-2 Heavy Pacific Locomotive w/Smoke and"Vandy" Tender has all the legendary Mantua quality and features the like of which would, sadly, fade away into history. Snap up this rare beauty for $70 LESS than it sold for in 2000 and 2001!

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the motive power for express passenger trains throughout much of the early to mid-20th century, before either being superseded by larger types in the late 1940s and 1950s, or replaced by electric or diesel-electric locomotives during the 1950s and 1960s.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.

The UP P8 Class 4-6-2's were built by Schenectady and delivered in 1912.

• New C-10 Mint Condition with Mint Original Box, Paperwork and Outer Sleeve.
• Very low #270 COA.
  
• MRRHQ Locomotive Works serviced, tested and certified.
• Test Track run time only.
• Sealed and stored in an air-tight custom fitted heavy zip lock bag.
• Operating Headlamp.
• Suethe Smoke Generator Standard with Smoke Fluid Included.
  
• "Long Haul" Vanderbilt tender body of pressure-cast Zamac high impact plastic.
• Steel hand rails, rods and fittings.
• Brass Bell and tender pick-up wheels.
• Legendary MC94 Can Motor w/PowerDrive Sealed Gearbox.
• Smooth, quiet nylon gears assembled on knurled axles.
• Slippage-free oversize knurled drive wheel axles.
• 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.
• Upgraded with Front and Rear all metal Kadee Knuckle Couplers.
• Optional Upgrades Available:
  • TCS MC2-KAC Standard DCC Decoder Installed.
  • TCS MC2-KAC Standard DCC Decoder w/KA4 Keep Alive Installed.
    
  • TCS WOWSound 101 Digital DCC/Sound Decoder Installed.
  • TCS WOWSound 101KA Digital DCC/Sound Decoder with Keep Alive Installed.
    
  • MRRHQ Exclusive Tender Back-up Light Installed. (Fixture may be different than shown.)
• Mantua Catalog 2000/2001 Only.
• 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.