MTH - Triplex | Ray's Electric Trainworks

MTH: Triplex - Photo and Video page:

(Click here for MTH: Triplex - Repair/Modification Page)

MTH Product Pages:
- Erie #5015-(Black): (70-3023-1): http://www.mthtrains.com/70-3023-1 - (2007 Catalog) (Announced 3/27/2007, Delivery=Feb 2009)
- Erie #5016-(Blue): (70-3022-1): http://www.mthtrains.com/70-3022-1 - (2007 Catalog) (Announced 3/27/2007, Delivery=Feb 2009)
- Virginian #700: (70-3024-1): http://www.mthtrains.com/70-3024-1 - (2007 Catalog) (Announced 3/27/2007, Delivery=Feb 2009)
Owners Manual: Triplex-OwnersManual.pdf
Packing instructions: 2-8-8-2_Triplex_Packing_Instructions.pdf
- Additional info and items to consider for shipping: Triplex Shipping Notes & Photos
PS2 Sound File: - G071QF3SW_TPLX_ALL090227bUPD.mth (For all Triplexes)
Parts Diagram: **Not available**
Discuss Online:
- http://www.gscaletrainforum.com/index.php?/topic/193-mth-triplex-erie-russian-iron-one-gauge-photos/ - Erie Russian Iron version
- http://www.gscaletrainforum.com/index.php?/topic/199-mth-triplex-erie-black-one-gauge-photos/ - Erie Black
Smoking Whistle: Instructions on how to activate
Repairs/Modifications: Triplex - Repair/Mods

MTH One Gauge Catalogs:

2001(see page 90) - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2010 - 2011 - 2013 - 2015 - 2017 - 2018(BigBoy) - 2019/2020

Model Overview:

This is MTH's best One Gauge offering to-date.

Detail is excellent and true to prototype with key detail parts being made of metal/brass
Drivers, axles and gears are all metal for long life
- Eliminates failures seen in other mfg engines: Gear & Motor bearing failures
Die cast metal frame (both engine and tender) with plastic boiler and tender shell. This provides the best of both worlds providing strength, weight and durability while keeping overall engine cost and weight reasonable.
Engine sets run perfectly smooth with no binding due to out of quarter drivers
Smoke output in three locations: Main stack, smoking whistle and tender stack (three separate operating smoke units)
All three engine sets are powered (two on the engine and one on the tender)
All metal connecting rods and running gear

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MTH Triplex Shipping/Packing detail (for more detail see Repair/Modifications Page):

MTH - Triplex: (Model info)
- MTH Triplex Shipping instructions PDF
- MTH Triplex additional shipping photos and precautions page

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MTH Triplex - Photos:

Stock photos of models produced:

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05/2/2008

Here are the first photos of the prototype.

03/6/2014 - Photos of the Erie (Black) version

03/6/2014 - Photos of the Erie (Russian Iron) version

02/20/2009 - Train Show at the Kansas City BTA Center

03/04/2009 - First run on the layout with the 60 car coal train

05/24/2009 - The Triplexes team up for the first time with the Big Boys to pull their own 60 car coal trains

02/12/2009 - Disassembly photos

MTH factory speaker

Modified Kadee 830 coupler for front of engine.

02/15/2009 - More photos

Smoking whistle smoke unit

Two pin component is electrically isolated from the frame. This is good.

Articulation Hinge-pin

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09/04/14

Smoking Whistle: Instructions on how to activate:

Do the following steps to activating the smoking whistle:

- Step 1: Add 6 drops of smoke fluid into the whistle opening (remove the brass whistle first)

- Step 2a: Press "S2" (FSW) button - (This turns on the smoke whistle heater)

- (Note: You may need to scroll the softkey list with "S5" button to display SPW and FSW labels)

- Step 2b: Turn thumbwheel down - (This updates the screen to confirm FSW is highlighted/activated)

- Step 3a: Press "S1" (SPW) button - (This turns on the Whistle Quill feature)

- Step 3b: Turn thumbwheel down - (This updates the screen to confirm SPW is highlighted/activated)

- Step 4: Rotate the thumbwheel up to activate/increase whistle (Three steps of quill are available). Rotate thumbwheel down to deactivate/decrease whistle.

- (Note: If you see smoke coming out the bottom of the boiler and not the top, blow in the top of the whistle hole to clear any fluid bubbles and retry)

Step 1:

Step 2a:

Step 2b:

Step 3a:

Step 3b:

Step 4:

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MTH Triplex - Erie:

Click the Link to play video

100ft Coal Trains (x 2) - MTH Big Boys & Triplexes:

Triplex - test videos:

(1=Original setup, 2=Speaker enclosure removed, 3=Upgraded speaker, 4= Upgraded speaker open frame, 5= Upgraded speaker+new sound file, 6=Big Boy)

You can find additional videos on the Garden Railroad Videos page:

http://www.rayman4449.com/Garden_Railroad_Videos.htm

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Note: See this link for packing photos. This will be useful if you need to repack your Triplex for shipment. This is where all the piece go if you can't remember.

www.rayman4449.com/MTH_Triplex-Shipping.htm

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Read about the modifications done to this engine at the Modification link below.

Garden Railroad Modification, Repair & Maintenance

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