When discussing trains I can at times easily tell when someone does not live around here. This became obvious to me years ago when talking to former S Scaler and lifelong New Yorker Vic Rosemen. Besides Mantua Metals,(what it was called before Tyco) Mantua is also a town that is 2 towns away from me (about 6 miles). Around here there has never EVER been a "T" in Mantua. It is pronounced "MAN chu wa". Vic was always "Man TU a". The first time I heard it I had to ask him what that was! (:->)
My friend's father that worked at Tyco and obviously my tour guide had some rather old Mantua Metals trains. These had loop couplers instead of the horn hook and some were possibly sheet metal? It has been about 37 years since I saw them. In reference to Jace's comment on recycling, at that same plotter factory they did injection molding. The tree, sprues or whatever leftovers you want to call then went into a grinder machine. There was a percentage by weight of what previously used material you could recycle (20% sticks in my mind but I could be wrong) Further I don't recall what the consequences were if you exceeded the percentage. But for sure you had to use mostly new plastic pellets for whatever reason. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: <http://www.lanestrains.com/> http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Custom Train Parts Design <http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm> http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! <http://www.prrths.com/> http://www.prrths.com <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! <http://www.prslhs.com/> http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
