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Bachmann Trains HO 54408 USRA Light 2-8-2 Mikado with Medium Tender, Seaboard Air Line #494 (DCC Ready)
SKU: BAC-54408
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- Weight: 1.80 LBS
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This Bachmann HO Scale USRA Light 2-8-2 Mikado is a model of the very popular steam locomotive builtduring World War I.
The 2-8-2 is also known as the "Mikado" after Baldwin delivered the first engines with this wheel arrangement to Japan Railways in 1893.
During the First World War, the United States Railroad Administration manufactured a standardized 2-8-2 for freight service.
The design proved so successful, that a number of railroads built their own copies of the design upon returning to private ownership making the 2-8-2 a popular freight engine which could be found across the continent.
The Bachmann USRA 2-8-2 is ready for the DCC decoder of your choice with an eight-pin socket, directional LED lighting, authentic detail, and a varied selection of prototypical paint schemes. This model features an injection-molded body, road-specific headlight and smokebox configurations separately-applied details including bell, piping, cab window deflectors, and grab irons, fine decoration, RP25 contour wheels for operation on Code 70 and larger rail and E-Z Mate