Proto 2000 Heritage Steam Collection 31581 New Haven USRA 0-8-0 Switcher #3409 HO Scale
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31581
$229.99
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Proto 2000 Heritage Steam Collection 31581 New Haven USRA 0-8-0 Switcher #3409
By 1917, the arrival of larger and much heavier freight cars had pushed most 0-6-0 designs to their limits. Realizing that railroads needed bigger and more powerful switchers to handle these modern cars, the United States Railway Administration developed plans for an all-new 0-8-0.
Up-to-date in all respects, these big switchers were the equals in power of many road freight locomotives from just a few years earlier! Unlike some USRA designs, the 0-8-0 was well liked by the railroads that received it; 175 were completed between September 1918 and April 1920 when government control ended.
But the 0-8-0's ultimate success came in the years that followed as the USRA design was eventually copied by 35 different roads with over 1100 clones built. In fact, the last new steam locos built in the US were a series of 0-8-0s, constructed by the N&W in 1951-53 that followed the general outline of the decades-old USRA design. In fact, N&W 0-8-0 #291, retired on 5/7/60, was the last steam locomotive in the U.S. to operate in Revenue Service.
FEATURES:
Stunning C9 Mint Condition with Mint Original Box.
MRRHQ Locomotive Works restored, serviced, tested and certified.
Loco & Tender Electrical Pick-Up.
Improved Tractive Effort – Scale 51” Drivers Now with Traction Tires.
Weighted for Maximum Tractive Effort - Pulls 60 or More Cars.
Extremely quiet and smooth running Can Motor with Idler Gear Box.
Nickel-Silver Plated RP-25Wheels.
Operating Front and Rear Knuckle Couplers.
Exceptionally High Level of Detail including Operating Cab Windows and Meticulously Detailed Cab Interior.
8000 Gallon and 16 Ton Tender Coal Bunker Style as Appropriate to Road.
Prototypically Correct Slow Speed Less than 3 Scale Miles Per Hour and up to 59 Scale Miles Per Hour.
10-Page History Booklet & Certificate of Quality.
Production Year 2000.
DCC Options:
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.
