LGB Mogul 2-6-0 -- Part 3

Once in a while LGB makes you wonder.... In 1997 they started manufacturing the LGB Mogul # 25192 with digital sound

Usually they advertised new locos, even if they had only small color deviations from the standard base version # 2019S. Not for this one. No flyer, no extra mentioning, no nothing. This is even more remarkable since this Mogul/w sound "7" had a pretty small edition volume of  less than 600 the first year it was manufactured and about another 600 in 1998. That would definitely qualify for a "Limited Series" edition. Alas it went under the radar. Posted in the main catalog of 1998 on page 44 - that was it. MRSP was DM 1,970.00 comparable to roughly US$ 600.00 back then.

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As long as they were at it, they might just as well make another one -- at least that's what it looks like from the outside... LGB # 26192 looks pretty much the same as LGB # 25192. Comes with digital sound but lost the bear trap and the snow plow. This Mogul got the number "10" printed on the cab.

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Price was the same and the edition volume was roughly the same as for# 25192. Both engines were manufactured in 1997 and 1998. But - go figure - this # 26192 was published earlier than the # 25192. In 1997 the main catalog displayed it on page 64/65.

LGBoA presented a flyer in 1998 with the front runner being the Mogul # 27192 and the headline "Exclusively for America" " Limited Edition". The United States (of America) are generally known in Germany as "America", hence the flyer head line. "Limited Edition" however is more than true. The edition volume for this green boiler Mogul with "Rio Grande" printed on the tender and the number "573" on the cabin was a mere 400 engines!

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In 1999 LGB offered another US-market-only Mogul with the # 28192 w/ digital sound. The lettering was in golden colors "PENNSYLVANIA" on the tender and " 2819" on the cabin. This time they meant it: edition volume 200!!

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The year 2000 brought 2 Moguls, the # 25182 and the # 26182. Both had (digital) sound. Both had an edition volume of 600 (each), fully qualifying for "Limited Edition"

LGB# 25182

LGB# 26182

However neither was advertised as limited. Out of the 600 engines for the #25182 came the #25182.8 which was the very same loco but featuring the new digital decoder. Same went for the #26182, thus becoming the #26182.8. The engines without decoder sold for DM 2,098.00 or about $ 1,000.00 in 2000. With decoder the price went up by about US$ 250.00 per loco to 1,250.00--stiff....The kind reader will notice that the #25182 is actually a coal version of the Mogul and should have featured a 19 in the numbering like 25192. But this number had already been given to the #25192 from 1997. Other numbers would have been available.... but Rolf Richter chose this number. Hence forever breaking a 35 year old rule of the numbering system at LGB.

Also in 2001 the Mogul 23191 was published. It was a "black" version where the customer could label his engine and tender with letters to his liking with a lettering/label book that was part of the offer

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This model was an LGBoA exclusive and the first 1,500 engines were shipped to the USA in 2000 for the 2001 season.+++++++++++++++++++to be continued..................

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