Re: Mystery Custom Mantua 0-4-0 Booster Derek that I know I have seen before! [3 Attachments]
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Guess it isn't a completely fanciful design after all.? These are called "tank cranes".? They were used to move equipment around shop areas. ?I remember that article too, back when.? And I think there was a Southern Pacific one too but I haven't been able to find a picture of it. What is fanciful is the tank about the boiler front, but then again, ?I've seen a picture of a foreign engine with an air tank mounted there too! ?
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Hi All! OK.. Had to ?make an offer and buy it from the guy! I know I have seen this before! If I am not mistaken, it was derived from an article published in either Model
Railroader or MRC.? It is a Mantua 0-4-0 Booster with a hand made crane boom extending out of it's smoke stack. A completely fanciful design and fatally flawed from its inception, however I am convinced it was published and even a topic in the past either here or on the Tyco forum! Any thoughts or
memories anyone? ? Sean "If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!" - Mario Andretti!
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