Mantua 395-001 Limited Edition Rogers AT&SF 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler Locomotive HO Scale

The Norris Locomotive Works built the first American 4-6-0 "Ten Wheeler" in 1847 for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. The design was a natural evolution of the 4-4-0 American immortalized by the "General" of Civil War fame. Like the 4-4-0 American, the aesthetically beautiful and often ornately ornamented Ten Wheeler was found in both fast passenger and freight operations. On most railroads in the second half of the 19th Century, 4-6-0s were typically assigned to a single engineer many of whom took great pride in their loco and kept it polished and spotlessly clean. With over 16,000 4-6-0 Ten Wheelers produced they were exceeded in popularity among US railroads through the latter half of the 19th and early 20th Centuries only by the classic 2-8-0 Consolidation.

Mantua's Last Finest Dixie Bell

After a thirteen year absence from the Mantua Catalog for the 4-6-0 AT&SF road name, the Rogers 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler, like this NEW MRRHQ Collectible HO Scale Mantua 395-001 Limited Edition Rogers AT&SF 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler Locomotive, came roaring back for a final 2-year engagement in 1994 pulling a consist of serious upgrades. The venerable 5-Pole Pittman style motor was retired and replaced with a state-of-the-art Sagami MC94 "Can" motor featuring 30% more torque at 1/6th the current draw coupled to a new maintenance-free "PowerDrive" sealed gearbox. Other upgrades included Bi-Directional Rear Lighting for the tender, a 3-piece brass bell and unit specific numbering on the headlamp and boiler front plate. Impossibly rare and hard to find in this condition, the Mantua legacy lives on in this spectacular representative of model railroading history.

FEATURES:

• NEW C-9 Mint Condition with Mint Original Box.
• Super Low Limited Edition Certificate of Authenticity #99.
• MRRHQ Locomotive Works serviced, tested and certified.
• Legendary Sagami MC94 "Can" motor.
• Operating Headlamp.
• Directional Tender Rear Lighting.
• Unit specific numbering on the headlamp and boiler front plate.
• One-piece boilers, engine covers, cabs and tenders of pressure-cast Zamac high impact plastic.
• Castings are sharp and clean and include highly detailed boiler fronts, smoke stacks, valves, pipes and rivet heads.
• Real Brass hand rails, steam domes, fittings, 3-Piece Bell and tender pick-up wheels.
• Authentic brass hex-head screws for spacer-assembled side rods.
• Replaceable long-life brass axle bearings.
• Easy rolling needle point truck axles of cadmium plated steel.
• Heavy cast metal locomotive and tender frames.
• Optional Upgrades Available:
  • TCS T1 Standard DCC Decoder Installed.
  • TCS T1KA Standard DCC Decoder with Keep Alive Installed.
  • SOUNDTRAXX TSU1100 Digital DCC/Sound Decoder Installed.
  • SOUNDTRAXX TSU1100 Digital DCC/Sound Decoder w/810160 Keep Alive Installed.
  • Engineer Figure Installed in Cab.
• Mantua Catalog 1994-1996
• SOLD FOR $164.98 IN 1994!
• Click HERE for historical information about this legendary locomotive class.

HO Scale 1:87

Dimensions: Locomotive 5 1/2 x 1 3/8 x 2 1/8" Tender 3 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 1 1/2"

Made in U. S. A.