GREAT NORTHERN 2-8-0 CONSOLIDATION STEAM LOCO DC

Description: BACHMANN PLUS HO ScaleREADY-TO_RUN 2-8-0 " CONSOLIDATION " Steam EnginePLUS Series This is a DC POWERED LOCOMOTIVE with TENDERFeatures Front Headlight & Tender Rear lightSmoke function with smoke fluidUnit has been tested and runs great / part of our store display OUT - OF - PRODUCTION LocomotiveDISCONTINUED By the Manufacturer Lettered for the:GREAT NORTHERNFeaturing the " ROCKY " LOGO and GREEN Paint Scheme The unit is highly detailedFEATURES:More Variety for Steam- and Transition-Era Railroads * DC Version * Loco Electrical Pick-Up* Locomotive Bell* Sprung Drivers, RP-25 Contour Wheels* Blackened METAL Handrails and Wheel Sets, Coupler Cut Levers, Grab Irons, Rods, and valve Gear.* Separately Molded Factory Applied: Sand Dome and Feed Lines, Steam Turret, Air Compressor, Air Reservoir, Power Reverse Gear, Lubrication Reservoirs, Steam and Water Feed Lines, Nathan Low Water Alarm, Popper Valves, Elesco Feedwater Heater.* Operating Headlights on Locomotive and Tender** Balanced Machined Metal Flywheel* * Smoke Generator Installed* * * Weighted for Maximum Tractive Effort* Nickel-Silver Plated RP-25Wheels* One-piece boilers, engine covers, cabs and tenders of pressure-cast high impact plastic.* Steel main and side rods.* Steel handrails and coupler release bars on both loco and tender.* Many additional fine details.* Easy rolling steel needle point truck axles* Tender with separately applied Coal or Oil Bunker Style as Appropriate to Road WHEEL CONFIGURATION:Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. In the United States and elsewhere, this wheel arrangement is commonly known as a Consolidation, after the Lehigh and Mahanoy Railroad’s Consolidation, the name of the first 2-8-0.The notation 2-8-0T indicates a tank locomotive of this wheel arrangement, the "T" suffix indicating a locomotive on which the water is carried in side-tanks mounted on the engine rather than in an attached tender.The Consolidation represented a notable advance in locomotive power. After 1875, it became "the most popular type of freight locomotive in the United States and was built in greater quantities than any other single wheel arrangement." OverviewOf all the locomotive types that were created and experimented with in the 19th century, the 2-8-0 was a relative latecomer.The first locomotive of this wheel arrangement was possibly built by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). Like the first 2-6-0s, this first 2-8-0 had a leading axle that was rigidly attached to the locomotive's frame, rather than on a separate truck or bogie. To create this 2-8-0, PRR master mechanic John P. Laird modified an existing 0-8-0, the Bedford, between 1864 and 1865.The 2-6-0 Mogul type, first created in the early 1860s, is often considered as the logical forerunner to the 2-8-0. However, a claim is made that the first true 2-8-0 engine evolved from the 0-8-0 and was ordered by the United States' Lehigh and Mahanoy Railroad, which named all its engines. The name given to the new locomotive was Consolidation, the name that was later almost globally adopted for the type. According to this viewpoint, the first 2-8-0 order by Lehigh dates to 1866 and antedates the adoption of the type by other railways and coal and mountain freight haulers.From its introduction in 1866 and well into the early 20th century, the 2-8-0 design was considered to be the ultimate heavy-freight locomotive. The 2-8-0's forte was starting and moving "impressive loads at unimpressive speeds" and its versatility gave the type its longevity. The practical limit of the design was reached in 1915, when it was realized that no further development was possible with a locomotive of this wheel arrangement. HISTORY:In the United States, only a few railroads purchased Consolidation types when Baldwin Locomotive Works first introduced its version. Even the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, which eventually had nearly 180 2-8-0 locomotives in regular service by 1885, did not purchase any of this type until 1873. The Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway, which eventually became part of B&O, purchased 15 of this type from Brooks Locomotive Works in 1883.The 2-8-0 design was given a major boost in 1875, when the Pennsylvania Railroad made it their standard freight locomotive, and 1875 was also when the Erie Railroad began replacing its 4-4-0s in freight service with 2-8-0s. The railroads had found that the 2-8-0 could move trains twice as heavy at half the cost of its predecessors. From a financial standpoint at the time, the choice of the 2-8-0 as new freight locomotive was therefore clear.The S160 Class of the United States Army Transportation Corps was built by American manufacturers and was designed for use in Europe for heavy freight work during the Second World War. A total of 2,120 of this class was built and they worked on railroads across the world. Production of the 2-8-0 type in the United States totaled more than 23,000 locomotives, of which 12,000 were export versions.PreservationGreat Northern Railway Consolidation No. 1147 is on display in a park in Wenatchee, Washington.Great Northern Railway Consolidation No. 1246 is in storage in southern Oregon. VERY HARD TO FIND ITEM THIS IS AN ASSEMBLED READY-TO-RUN STEAM LOCOMOTIVE The item is NEW in the original box from old stock SHIPPING: We do combine shipping on multiple purchases. If you do a Buy It Now the transaction requires immediate payment for each item separately. What you need to do is put it in the shopping cart and then when you go to checkout it will recalculate the shipping and combine the items for you. If you pay first I am unable to make any adjustment because ebay has then taken its fees on the shipping as well. If you have a concern message me and I can work something out for you. THIS IS AN ASSEMBLED Item The item is NEW in the original box from old stock PERSONAL INVENTORY: Many of these unique items are from my personal inventory which was accumulated over the years. They are hard to part with but due to downsizing in retirement they too are looking for a good home which can appreciate and enjoy them. STORE INVENTORY: Having discontinued my Hobby Store and left frigid “Minne-Snow-Da” I have relocated and retired to the warmer part of the country, Down to Sunny TEXAS. I will be Liquidating the remaining stock. I will be listing items over the next year or so clearing them out. Please see the photos we take actual photos of each item Most of these items are New in the box removed only to take photos of them.

Price: 189.95 USD

Location: Van, Texas

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