Between 1924 and 1929 standardization came to the "MOPAC" in the form of 85 Class SW8-51 0-8-0 Switchers. Road numbers were 9601-9785 with production split between ALCO, Lima and Baldwin. All were copies of the USRA design as modified by MOPAC to be 12,000 to 18,000 pounds heavier with 7,750 lbs. more tractive effort. The later examples had cast frames and front-end throttles mounted in front of the stacks.

Over the years, most of the historic model railroad manufacturers produced locos with mysterious road numbers and/or questionable prototypical correctness. Besides causing us to waste a lot of time on research verifying this subterfuge, we can only assume their motivation to be strictly economic. Plastic injection molds and metal castings are expensive. To recover this cost AND to offer their products at an affordable cost, manufacturers often used the prototype tooling to also produce non-prototypical products. To make an already long story shorter, such is the case with our AHM5083. Still a great switcher though.....

• C-9 Mint Condition with Mint Original Box.
• MRRHQ Locomotive Works restored, serviced, tested and certified
• Sealed and stored in an air-tight custom fitted heavy zip lock bag.
• Upgraded w/MRRHQ Custom Bridge-Rectifier-Controlled Always-On LED Operating Headlamp.
• Upgraded with MRRHQ Custom Factory Quality LED directional back-up light.
• Boiler and tender body of pressure-cast Zamac high impact plastic.
• Steel hand rails, coupler release bars, rods and fittings.
• Tender Truck Booster Drive.
• Powerful Can Motor.
• Metal gears assembled on knurled axles.
• Slippage-free oversize knurled drive wheel axles.
• Authentic hex-head screws for spacer-assembled side rods.
• Easy rolling needle point truck axles of cadmium plated steel.
• Metal locomotive and tender frames.
• Upgraded with working rear all-metal Kadee Knuckle Coupler.
• 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.
• Final Production Date 1997 .

Dimensions: Loco: 6 1/8" L x 2" T x 1 3/8" W Tender 4 1/2" L x 1 7/8" T x 1 3/8" W