Franklin Mint HO Scale Trains

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Duane Ellison - 09 Jun 2004 04:36 GMT

Franklin Mint once issued a series of HO scale trains. Two questions:
(1) Who manufactured the trains for Franklin Mint?
(2) Where can I find a list of the models offered?
Thanks in advance for any input.
Duane Ellison

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Steve Caple - 09 Jun 2004 08:27 GMT

> HO scale

I really doubt it - HO gauge, maybe, but not really scale.
I'd also wager about as prototypical as an NFL boxcar
"collector's item".

Try eBay.

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Bill - 09 Jun 2004 09:24 GMT

Duane Ellison wrote:
Franklin Mint once issued a series of HO scale trains. Two questions:
(1) Who manufactured the trains for Franklin Mint?
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The steam locomotives offered by franklin Mint in the 1990s appeared to
be by Mantua. I never saw an actual model but the photos in the ads
looked like Mantua's steam locomotives.

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PEACHCREEK - 09 Jun 2004 12:15 GMT

The models were Mantua, with some gaudy bright brass detail parts.

Save your money.

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Howard Zane - 09 Jun 2004 14:45 GMT

A fellow last year approached me at my tables at the Timonium Show offering
me his Franklin Mint Southern Rwy PS4 4-6-2. He told me he paid about $300
for it, but since it was such a "rare collectors item" of extraordinary
quality, he would let it go for what he had in it. As the co-promoter of
this show and also being a dealer in brass, I did not want to ruin his day
with my usual 25-40 minute (condensed version) opinion of this wonderful
"collector's" item. Before I could really answer his request, his eyes
caught a very nicely painted PFM/United counterpart for $295 (early run) on
my table. "Sure, go ahead and examine it..run it on the test track if you
like."
After gladly paying me the $295 plus tax, no more words were said about the
Franklin Mint model, and I know for sure the field of brass locomotives
gained one new member that day.
HZ
Howard Zane
5236 Thunder Hill Road
Columbia, MD 21045
410-730-1036

> The models were Mantua, with some gaudy bright brass detail parts.
>
> Save your money.

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CowGoesMoo - 10 Jun 2004 00:11 GMT

A friend of mine wanted to get a train set for her son and showed me a Franklin
Mint ad about two years ago. That particular set was made by Bachmann, so I
told her she'd be better off going to a LHS and buying things individually.

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Franklin Mint HO Scale Trains