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SOUTHERN PACIFIC MM-3 MALLETS |
"ESPEE" fans will be happy to know that we have planned a small run of MM-3s. These little 2-6-6-2s on the SP, #3930 AND #3931, were orphans from the "Verde Tunnel and Smelter Railroad" in Jerome, Arizona. The were purchased during "THE BIG ONE . . . WW II" to help ease power shortages, and spent almost their whole SP careers on the Los Angeles Division, helping on Beaumont Hill and in and around L.A. Number 3930 was the last of the compound SP Mallets to operate in active service as the "Colton drag engine" until 1954, when it was scrapped (#3931 succumbed in 1951).
These units originally had a smaller square tender, later rebuilt into the large square tender pictured in our offerings shown below. Number 3930 was given a large "Vandy" tender (from a scrapped "5000"), and was retired with this tender (pictured below in DP-2425). We will catalog both the "Vandy" tender and the rebuilt square tender for #3930, and the rebuilt square tender for #3931.
These chunky workhorses will be offered with all the refinements you expect from the Division
Point: Preiser crew, Kaydee #58s factory installed, glss, lights, flawless Boo-Rim
paint, and a silky-smooth Falhauber-powered drive for a model that runs as good as it looks.
For "ESPEE" fans, this "HOG" is a must!!
VERY LIMITED QUANTITIES, 100 pieces.
