Run #2, Expected late July or August 2005

The following New Roadnames will be available on the 2nd Run. All quantities are very limited.

$298.98 ea

0001-3921 Pennsylvania, cab #9634 with Doghouse.
Lettering is Pennsylvania Lines with Doghouse

0001-3922 Pennsylvania, cab #8952 no Doghouse.
Lettering is Pennsylvania Lines with large "U.S." on Tender as delivered to PRR.

0001-3923 Chesapeake & Ohio with Double Pump Set Cab #2001

0001-3924 Chesapeake & Ohio with Double Pump Set Cab #2003
Lettering is large Chesapeake & Ohio on the tender in Dulux Gold

0001-3925 Great Northern with Double Pump Set Cab #2108

0001-3926 Great Northern with Double Pump Set Cab #2112
Lettering is large GN Goat Logo on the tender. Red cab roof, and graphite Smoke Box and Firebox.

0001-3927 Santa Fe with Double Pump Set Cab #3817

0001-3928 Santa Fe with Double Pump Set Cab #3835

0001-3929 Norfolk & Western with Doghouse Cab #2309

0001-3930 Norfolk & Western with Doghouse Cab #2355
Lettering is Norfolk & Western on the tender in Dulux Gold

0001-3931 Unlettered Black with doghouse and double pump sets
(not shown)

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This model was delivered in Dec. 2004. We have a limited quantity of the lst production run left, but are already sold out on Southern Pacific Cab #2.

See review on this model on page 118/122 of the Jan. 05 Model Railroader Magazine.
They got there off the shelf sample model to pull 54 cars!

Click here to view the Model Railroader Article, page #1
Click here to view the Model Railroader Article, page #2

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The USRA series of designs was born out of necessity for War Production during World War I. The Government needed a lot of steam engines of all sizes to support the movement of troops and equipment to the sea ports en route to Europe.

A committee was set up with members of the major railroads mechanical departments, as well as representatives from the major manufacturers of steam locos in the USA including: Alco, Brooks, and Baldwin. Once the committee had decided on various design specifications for different size engines the Government ordered engines of all sizes from various builders..all using the same design specifications.

While the designs were a plain vanilla in many cases, they proved easy to build, and easy to repair and maintain. Hence after World War I was over, many railroads built "copies" of the USRA designed engines for their fleets.

The USRA Heavy 2-10-2 was the forgotten engine among the twelve USRA designs despite its impressive production totals. They were designed to haul heavy freight.

Of the 344 USRA originals and copies, 130 of them were assigned to the Pennsylvania Ry*, and 125 to the Illinois Central. When you consider the copies built in later years and the roads that acquired them through merger or purchase, it is not surprising that the 2-10-2's could be found almost everywhere..

* This engine was one of the few non-Pennsy-designed locomotives used widely by the Pennsylvania Railroad.

(Although in later years the Pennsy shops did tinker with most of them and made changes.)

A huge thank you to Bob Hundman for providing much of the inforamtion on these engines.