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Mehano brand ??? Locos and rolling stock
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Regular poster 228 posts Ghost Train Regular poster 228 posts
Ghost Train

I have never heard of "Mehano" brand of HO locos or rolling stock.

Can anyone fill me in on this brand?  Is it a quality brand name or just run of the mill stuff?

G.T.
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Retired Alex Regular poster 216 posts
Retired Alex

Follow this link

https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/loco-identification-12192293 For more info, use the MRH Search feature at the top right of any page.

Alex B.

Modeling in HO
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Jure Sporn Regular poster 199 posts
Jure Sporn

Hey, Check here

Hey,

Check here http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/5730, post "mehano locos" by Erik.

 

Cheers,

Jure, Slovenia

http://spornjure.wixsite.com/the-scale-workshop

 
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Ghost Train Regular poster 228 posts
Ghost Train

Let me try this again.

On a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being the lowest - 10 being the highest)

Have any MRH modelers had experience with the "Mehano" brand of HO products in-so-far-as quality and/or reliability?

G. T.

P.S. I had already looked up the brand, before asking the original questions, on a number of sites.
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ron netti Regular poster 184 posts
ron netti

Mehano engines

Ghost Train            I have 4 mehano pacific steam engines on my layout and they run great and pull well. I purchased all of them from Trainworld out of New York for $29.99 each. They are not super highly detailed but when you do a little weathering to them they look real good pulling a string of cars. I am in the process of in stalling decoders and sound in each of them.I am happy with them          ron netti
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Benny MRH Author 7,187 posts
Benny

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The Mehano line has it's history traced back to the very last models designed by Tyco before the company was sold off by General Mills.  The older Mantua-Tyco stuff returned to the Mantua name, while this new development was cast off and picked up by RSO, Mehano, and most notable IHC.  It's for this reason why the IHC 2-8-0 looks so much like the Tyco 2-8-0 that was tender powered for much of it's existence under Tyco, though there is a version with the locomotive powered [I only know this because I have a frame/motor setup for the 2-8-0 stamped Mantua]

They're decent for power in a pinch, but my main detraction from them is because their drivers are not RP-25, they're a bit deeper and thus do not necessarily perform on code 83 all that well.  Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't...

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Larry of Z'ville Frequent poster 984 posts
Larry of Z'ville

Repair them frequently

As others have indicated, they are/were generally a low end model. I believe they still exist in some form. They have been a supplier for almost all of the more familiar names in HO trains. Their diesel loco's went to eight wheel drive early on, their motors are cheap, but draw a low current. Later models, most aimed at the European market have ESU sound. Their focus seems to be more on the beginner/toy side of trains. What I like about them is there parts are generally interchangeable. B-B trucks are the same base with a unique bottom for the proper side frames. This is not dimensionally correct, but it makes finding the parts much easier. The only difference between a dummy truck and a powered touch is the gears and pickup wiring. Either are totally interchangeable. Unlike others who change the drive construction with almost every new model. My experience with their steam loco's is limited. I have found them to be easier to fix then models from Rivarossi and particularly Bachmann. Their critical gears do not seem to have cracking issues. Larry

So many trains, so little time,

Larry

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