{"id":475,"date":"2013-04-09T20:47:12","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T01:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smallmodelrailroads.wordpress.com\/?p=475"},"modified":"2018-11-05T16:06:22","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T21:06:22","slug":"alan-mueller-rebuilding-the-mantua-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smallmr.com\/wordpress\/alan-mueller-rebuilding-the-mantua-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Mueller, Rebuilding the Mantua General"},"content":{"rendered":"

Retail model locomotives for the American Civil War period (1861-1865) are almost non-existent\u00a0for the HO scale modeler. Many modelers purchase the long discontinued General 4-4-0 locomotive produced by Mantua<\/a>.\u00a0The General was manufactured virtually unchanged from 1953 until 2001 under both the Mantua and TYCO names. With such a long production run, many used\u00a0locomotives\u00a0can be found at any time on E-bay or at swap meets.<\/p>\n

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Typical Mantua General<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The General<\/a> was built in December of 1855 in Paterson, New Jersey by Rodgers, Ketchum & Grosvenor Locomotive and Machine Works. \u00a0The locomotive was hijacked on April 12, 1862 during the Civil War by Andrews\u2019 Raiders at Big Shanty (now known as the city of Kennesaw) in what was later referred to as the Great Locomotive Chase.<\/p>\n

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The General after the burning of Atlanta. The original smoke box, outside frame and strap iron pilot are clearly visible.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Mantua model is a close replica to how the General looks today, but not how it looked prior to and during the American Civil War (ACW). \u00a0The General went through many rebuilds and equipment upgrades through its long career. The\u00a0locomotive\u00a0was made famous for “The Great Locomotive Chase<\/a>” during the war. The locomotive was badly damaged during<\/p>\n