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Model Trains → Locomotives → Steam - HO
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With 10 years of practical experience using 4-6-4s on premiere passenger trains, The New York Central introduced its class J3a in 1937. Some 50 engines were built (the last 10 were streamlined), and were assigned to the roads finest trains, includi ng the flagship 20th Century Limited. While they were bumped from their elite status by the late 40s, Hudsons continued to handle important passenger runs until the end of steam. Fast and powerful, these six-coupled speedsters
...more about the Rivarossi Steam 4-6-4 ''Hudson'' - Powered -- New York Central #5438 - HO-Scale
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Steep grades and heavy coal trains were the rule on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway's Allegheny Subdivision. By 1940, the road's aging H-7 2-8-8-2s (built in 1923-24) were getting expensive to maintain. When C&O began looking for a replacemen Locomotive Works proposed an all-new 2-6-6-6 articulated locomotive. Designed for speed and power, the design had 67'' (167.5 cm) drivers, a monstrous firebox measuring 9 x 15' (6.9 x 11.5 m) and an overall weight for engine and
...more about the Rivarossi Steam 2-6-6-6 ''Allegheny'' Powered -- Chesapeake & Ohio Class H-8 #1633 - HO-Scale
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Union Pacific designers created an entirely new class of articulated power in the early 1940s. The massive size and weight required eight axles per engine, while four-wheel pilot and trailing trucks were added front and rear. During construction at ALCO, an unknown worker chalked the name Big Boy on one of the new 4-8-8-4s and a legend was born. Delivered in the fall of 1941, locos #4000-4019 were soon handling an incredible volume of wartime traffic. To keep pace, five
...more about the Rivarossi Steam 4-8-8-4 ''Big Boy'' Powered -- Union Pacific #4024 (black, silver) - HO-Scale
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