Parní lokomotiva modelové železnice v měřítku O (!) pro železniční modeláře v modelářské kvalitě - Lionel 6-11402 Virginian Railway USRA #737 OO Virginian Legacy Mallet Heavy Freight 2-8-8-2 Y-3 Steam Locomotive & Tender DCC & Sound.

Norfolk & Western Power from Coast to CoastIn 1919, the American Locomotive Company built forty-five 2-8-8-2 steam locomotives to the specifications of the United States Railway Administration. These locomotives were the biggest that the USRA had ever designed and were destined for the Norfolk & Western Railway. After almost a quarter century on the Norfolk & Western, nineteen Y-3 locomotives were sold to other railroads at the behest of the federal government, including the Union Pacific and Santa Fe. In 1947, the Santa Fe found a buyer for its 1790-class when the Virginian Railway purchased seven of the locomotives.

LEGACY Control System equipped – able to run in LEGACY Control mode, in TrainMaster Command Control mode, or in Conventional mode with a standard transformer.

Odyssey II Speed Control with On/Off switch. LEGACY RailSounds sound system featuring:

-CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements, each with different scenarios depending on whether the locomotive is in motion or stopped.

-Six official railroad speeds with Crew-Talk dialog-DynaChuff synchronized chuffing that shifts through 32 levels of intensity as the locomotive gains speed-LEGACY "Real.

-Time Quilling Whistle" control with instant response for realistic signature "quilling" and correctly timed warning signals.

-Single hit or continuous mechanical bell sounds-Sequence Control plays the sound effects of an entire trip, including warning sounds and announcements, based on the movement and speed of the locomotive-Current speed and fuel dialog, refueling sound effects.

IR Sensor equipped. Powerful maintenance-free motor with momentum flywheels. Wireless Tether connection between locomotive and tender. ElectroCouplers on rear of tender. Directional lighting including operating headlight and back-up light on rear of tender. Illuminated classification lights on the front of locomotive. Traction tire. Interior illumination in cab. Die-cast metal locomotive body, pilot, and trucks. Die-cast metal tender body and trucks. High level of separately applied metal details. Separately applied builder s plates. Synchronized fan-driven smoke unit. Adjustable smoke output. Authentically detailed cab interior. Glowing firebox in cab. Glowing ashpan. Cab window "glass". Engineer/Fireman figures.

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS:

Min Curve: O72 mm Dimensions: Length: 30". 2014 Lionel Signature Edition.

The first 2-8-8-2 was built in 1909 by Baldwin, who sold two to the Southern Pacific Railroad (classified MC-1), and then three each to the Union Pacific Railroad and UP-owned Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. Baldwin conceived the type as an expansion of the 2-6-6-2 permitting a greater tractive effort.

The next order for the type was from the Southern Pacific; these differed in being cab forward locomotives, so that the crew could have better visibility and breathing in the SP’s long tunnels and snow sheds. They were very successful, and SP continued to order cab-forward locomotives, building an eventual fleet of 256 of numerous classes; later cab-forwards were 4-8-8-2s.

The 2-8-8-2 proved itself to be a capable hauler on mountain grades, enabling the replacement of several smaller locomotives and hauling longer trains than before. Most of them were not fast; they hauled at drag freight speeds, up to 25 mph (40 km/h). However, the Norfolk & Western Y6 class were designed to run up to 55 mph (89 km/h). The locomotives were adopted by a broad spectrum of mountain railroads, including the Norfolk & Western, Southern, Virginian, Great Northern, Clinchfield, Denver & Rio Grande, Reading, Western Maryland, Missouri Pacific, Frisco, and the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway. On many railroads, the locomotives of the type were the most powerful on the roster. When built, the 2-8-8-2s of the Western Pacific Railroadwere among the most powerful steam locomotives in the world and formed the basis for the later 2-8-8-4 “Yellowstone” type engines used by the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range.

The very last compound Mallet locomotives to operate on major railroads in the United States were the 2-8-8-2 Y6b class of the Norfolk and Western Railway. After their final modifications in the 1950s, they were said to be capable of 170,000 lbs tractive effort in simple-expansion mode, although some have questioned this claim (the original design tractive effort was 152,206 lbs SIMPLE and 126,838 lbs COMPOUND). The last were retired in May 1961.

As of 2008, there are two surviving 2-8-8-2 locomotives, both former Norfolk & Western. N&W 2050 is from the railroad’s Y3a class; ALCO’s Richmond works built it in 1923; and it resides at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois, USA. N&W 2156 is from the railroad’s Y6a class; N&W’s own Roanoke Shops built it in 1942; and it resides at the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the small edition size and the great demand for this item, allocations are expected to occur.

UPOZORNĚNÍ: TITUL JE VYROBENÝ V OMEZENÉM MNOŽSTVÍ JAKO UMĚLECKÝ PŘEDMĚT. UVEDENÁ PRODEJNÍ CENA JE PLATNÁ DO VYPRODÁNÍ TUZEMSKÝCH ZÁSOB.

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