80-3141-1 MTH HO 2-8-2 USRA Light Mikado Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 Pennsylvania Cab No. 9627 Reviews
During World War I, Uncle Sam nationalized the railroads when they proved unequal to the task of moving massive amounts of men and materiel for the war effort. The agency that ran the trains was the United States Railroad Administration, or USRA, and one of its chief accomplishments was the creation of 12 steam engine designs that lasted for decades. According to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, USRA locomotives were œthe first successful standardization of American motive power ” and the only standard designs until the diesel era. The most popular of the USRA designs was the 2-8-2 Mikado, which was heavy main line steam power in the World War I era. USRA Mikados came in a light version with a smaller axle loading for lighter rail and a heavy version for use on heavier rail. Under the USRA, 625 Light Mikes were turned out by the œBig Three American locomotive builders ” Alco, Baldwin, and Lima ” representing more than a third of all government-built engines
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