Rivarossi 5454 C&O Class H8 2-6-6-6 Allegheny Locomotive

The Allegheny Type locomotive was true power to say the least! Designed and built almost exclusively for the Chesapeake & Ohio by the Lima Locomotive Works (the Virginian would be the other buyer of the locomotive). The locomotive, an articulated design (meaning that either one, or both, set of driving wheels pivots to better and more safely negotiate curves), was of the 2-6-6-6 wheel arrangement and based purely on horsepower and tractive effort nothing can top it. The locomotive gets its name from the lines it was assigned to in western Virginia and southern West Virginia, the C&O's Allegheny Division. Also, by being built in the 1940s the Allegheny Type carried the latest in steam technology and thankfully two survive today. (From www.americanrails,com)

This model carries road number 1633, marking it as an engine from the fourth order of C&O H-8s, engines 1630 through 1644, built in 1944. Two C&O Alleghenies have been preserved, one at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich., the other in Baltimore at the Baltimore & Ohio Museum.

The finest model steam locomotive ever offered by Rivarossi

FEATURES:

• STUNNING C9 MINT CONDITION W/MINT ORIGINAL BOX & ALL PAPERWORK.
• No evidence of run time.
• MRRHQ Locomotive Works serviced, tested and certified.
• DCC Ready.
• Flat can motor with flywheel.
• Twelve-wheel drive with 13-wheel electrical pickup.
• Drawbar pull: 8 ounces. (120 Free Rolling Cars!)
• Minimum radius: 16" (with included short-overhang cab) 18" with included long-overhang cab.)
• Movable cab windows and ventilator, opening tender hatches.
• Front and rear Knuckle Couplers.
• Engine Weight 1lb 17oz.
• Locomotive more that 17" Long.
• Optional Upgrades Available:
  • SOUNDTRAXX 852204 Standard DCC Decoder Installed.
  • SOUNDTRAXX 852204 Standard DCC Decoder w/810160 Keep Alive Installed.
  • SOUNDTRAXX TSU1100 Digital DCC/Sound Decoder Installed.
  • SOUNDTRAXX TSU1100 Digital DCC/Sound Decoder w/810160 Keep Alive Installed.
  • SOUNDTRAXX TSU2200 Limited Edition "Big Steam" DCC/Sound Decoder W/KeepAlive Installed.
  • SOUNDTRAXX Blunami 2200 IOS App Controlled DCC/Sound Decoder w/Keep Alive Installed.
• Production Year 1999. Original Retail Price $585.00.

HO Scale 1:87