JOHN DEERE 5th 2-8-2 USRA LIGHT MIKADO STEAM LOCO " LANDING DEERE " HO Scale NEW

Description: JOHN DEEREREADY-TO_RUN 2-8-2 USRA Light Mikado Steam EngineJOHN DEERE 2001 - 5th in the Series This is a DC / DCC Ready POWEREDOUT - OF - PRODUCTION Locomotive LIMITED EDITION #2060The box is opened and the unit was used as a Store Display item. Lettered for the:JOHN DEERE Featuring the " DEERE 4 LEG LANDING DEER " LOGO Paint Scheme The unit is highly detailedFEATURES:Die-Cast Boiler and Tender BodyDie-Cast Metal ChassisDEERE Paint Scheme & Cab NumbersRP-25 Metal Wheels Mounted On Metal AxlesConstant Voltage HeadlightDetailed Truck SidesPowerful 5-Pole Precision Flywheel Equipped Motor(2) Kadee Compatible Scale CouplersMetal Handrails and Decorative BellDecorative Metal WhistleSprung Drive WheelsLocomotive Speed ControlLocomotive Cab To Tender Deck PlateDetailed Tender UndercarriageOperates On Code 70, 83, & 100 Rail Curves Unit Measures:15 3/8" x 1 3/8" x 1 9/16"Operates On 18" Radius Curves OVERVIEW:During World War I, Uncle Sam nationalized the railroads when they proved unequal to the task of moving massive amounts of men and materiel for the war effort. The agency that ran the trains was the United States Railroad Administration, or USRA, and one of its chief accomplishments was the creation of 12 steam engine designs that lasted for decades. According to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, USRA locomotives were "the first successful standardization of American motive power" - and the only standard designs until the diesel era. The most popular of the USRA designs was the 2-8-2 Mikado, which was heavy main line steam power in the World War I era. USRA Mikado's came in a light version with a smaller axle loading for lighter rail and a heavy version for use on heavier rail. Under the USRA, 625 Light Mikes were turned out by the "Big Three" American locomotive builders - Alco, Baldwin, and Lima - representing more than a third of all government-built engines.FASTEST DELIVERY TIME:The very first USRA engine built was Baltimore & Ohio No. 4500, a light Mikado that is preserved today in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, MD. At the direction of Baldwin Locomotive Works Senior VP Samuel Vauclain, No. 4500 was constructed in a record 20 days so Baldwin would have the honor of delivering the first USRA locomotive on July 4, 1918.The USRA designs were modern but conservative; they broke little new ground but incorporated the best practices of their day. USRA Mikes were delivered with a mechanical stoker and power reverse at a time when the Pennsy's new L1s Mikado's were still hand fired and had screw-operated hand reversing units.After the war, the basic USRA designs were used by railroads across the nation, and about one-quarter of the Mikado's built in the United States were either of USRA designs or descendants of those designs. While Mikado's were generally relegated to lesser duties as heavier power arrived in the 1920s and '30s, many USRA Mikes outlasted later, more modern steam engines because they were relatively simple and durable. The last 2-8-2 built for U.S. service was a light Mike of USRA design constructed by Lima in 1944 for the Akron, Canton & Youngstown, and B&O No. 4500 steamed for 39 years before retiring in 1957. FEATURES:Did You Know?William E. Woodard, one of the designers on the USRA Locomotive Committee, went on to inaugurate the "Super Power" concept that guided steam locomotive design from the mid-1920s to the end of the steam era. Super power engines were designed for power at speed, in contrast with the low-speed drag freight service that railroads delivered in the early decades of the twentieth century HISTORY: The USRA Light Mikado was a USRA standard class of steam locomotive designed under the control of the United States Railroad Administration, the nationalized railroad system in the United States during World War I. This was the standard light freight locomotive of the USRA types, and was of 2-8-2 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or 1′D1′ in UIC classification. A total of 614 locomotives were built under the auspices of the USRA, with a further 641 copies built after the end of the USRA's control. The first, for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was completed in July 1918 and given #4500. The locomotives were considered well designed and modern, and were popular and successful. Large numbers remained in service until replaced by diesel locomotives. It was also called the McAdoo Mikado after William Gibbs McAdoo, head of the USRA.The USRA standard locomotives and railroad cars were designed by the United States Railroad Administration, the nationalized rail system of the United States during World War I. 1,870 steam locomotives and over 100,000 railroad cars were built to these designs during the USRA's tenure. The locomotive designs in particular were the nearest the American railroads and locomotive builders ever got to standard locomotive types, and after the USRA was dissolved in 1920 many of the designs were duplicated in number, 3,251 copies being constructed overall. The last steam locomotive built for a Class I railroad in the United States, an 0-8-0 built by the Norfolk and Western Railway in 1953, was a USRA design. A total of 97 railroads used USRA or USRA-derived locomotives. Steam locomotive typesThe USRA developed designs for 0-6-0 and 0-8-0 switcher locomotives, 2-6-6-2 and 2-8-8-2 Mallet locomotives, and both light and heavy versions of the 2-8-2, 2-10-2, 4-6-2, and 4-8-2 types. The light versions were designed with an axle load of 54,000 lb (24,500 kg) permitting usage on the vast majority of railroads, while the heavy versions were designed to a maximum axle load of 60,000 lb (27,200 kg) for lines with more heavily constructed track. " These have been highly sought after Units " THIS IS AN ASSEMBLED READY-TO-RUN MTH STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 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.

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