ASTER USRA Light Mikado, Live Steam, Gauge 1 BUILT UP, Brand New

Description: Inherited. Brand new in box. As shown in photos wear to box, original wrapping, and minor stain to manuals. This built mikado has never been run and is looking for its new owner. 1 of 2 RTR I have left. Get it while you can! The year is 1917, and as usual, American railroads are in the midst of turmoil. World War I rages overseas and two years of heavy hauling to the Atlantic ports has been too much for the existing railroad system. The Federal Government's answer is the United States Railroad Administration (USRA) which will wrest control of the railroads from the highly competitive "empire builders" of earlier years. One of the USRA's projects is to create standardized locomotive designs, and the first of twelve to come off the drawing board is the 2-8-2 Light Mikado. First delivered to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in 1918, the “Mike" is destined to be a classic. Before the USRA returns control of the railroads to their owners in 1920, over 1800 locomotives will be built, 625 of them to the Light Mikado design. The Mikado wheel arrangement, named by Baldwin in 1897 when they built several locomotives for the Nippon Railway, is popular. The name means “Emperor of Japan" and is well known due to Gilbert and Sullivan's opera which opened in 1895. During World War II, some railroads will try to rename their 2-8-2s as "MacArthurs", but the Mikes will keep their moniker. Aster's USRA Light Mikado features full, working Walschaert's valve gear and a 400 cc smoke tube boiler. Able to run on 2 meter-radius track, this Gauge One, 1/32 scale locomotive is a nice introduction to the live steaming hobby. Optional tender and axle pumps will keep your iron horse on schedule for those long hauls ahead. Alcohol fired, about 30 inches long and 16 pounds dry weight.

Price: 3600 USD

Location: Frederick, Maryland

End Time: 2024-09-05T21:17:15.000Z

Shipping Cost: 55 USD