BOSTON & MAINE 0-8-0 USRA STEAM LOCO PROTO SOUND/DCC- HO Scale "B&M" NEW RTR OOP

Description: PROTO 2000 by WALTHERS HO ScaleREADY-TO_RUN 0-8-0 USRA Steam Enginew/ QUANTUM - Sound This is a DCC/with SOUND POWEREDOUT - OF - PRODUCTION Locomotive Lettered for the:BOSTON & MAINE Featuring the " B&M " LOGO Paint Scheme The unit is highly detailedFEATURES:More Variety for Steam- and Transition-Era Railroads * Sound & DCC or Standard DC Versions Sound can be operated with standard DC power pack as well as DCC controllers. Sound features include: Dual Steam Engine Sounds, Whistle, Bell, Squealing Brakes, Doppler Effect, Air Let Off (in neutral), Headlight, and Trailer which mutes whistle and bell for double-heading. Includes QSI Sound Reference Manual.* Loco & Tender Electrical Pick-Up* Improved Tractive Effort - Now With Traction Tires* Weighted for Maximum Tractive Effort - Pulls 60 or More Cars* Nickel-Silver Plated RP-25Wheels * Operating Cab Windows and Meticulously Detailed Cab Interior* Tender Coal Bunker Style as Appropriate to Road* Slow Speed Less than 3 Scale Miles Per Hour and up to 59 Scale Miles Per Hour Fast Speed * 10-Page History Booklet & Certificate of Quality By 1917, the arrival of larger and much heavier freight cars had pushed most 0-6-0 designs to their limits. Realizing that railroads needed bigger and more powerful switchers to handle these modern cars, the United States Railway Administration developed plans for an all-new 0-8-0. Up-to-date in all respects, these big switchers were the equals in power of many road freight locomotives from just a few years earlier! Unlike some USRA designs, the 0-8-0 was well liked by the railroads that received it; 175 were completed before government control ended in 1920. But the 0-8-0's ultimate success came in the years that followed as the USRA design was eventually copied by 35 different roads. In fact, the last new steam locos built in the US were a series of 0-8-0s, constructed by the N&W in 1951-53 that followed the general outline of the decades-old USRA design.Sound & DCC Decoder Equipped OVERVIEW: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 "the first successful standardization of American motive power" - and the only standard designs until the diesel era. Did You Know? William E. Woodard, one of the designers on the USRA Locomotive Committee, went on to inaugurate the "Super Power" concept that guided steam locomotive design from the mid-1920s to the end of the steam era. Super power engines were designed for power at speed, in contrast with the low-speed drag freight service that railroads delivered in the early decades of the twentieth century " These have been highly sought after Units " VERY HARD TO FIND ITEM THIS IS AN ASSEMBLED READY-TO-RUN STEAM LOCOMOTIVE SHIPPING: We do combine shipping on multiple purchases. If you do a Buy It Now the transaction requires immediate payment for each item separately. What you need to do is put it in the shopping cart and then when you go to checkout it will recalculate the shipping and combine the items for you. If you pay first I am unable to make any adjustment because ebay has then taken its fees on the shipping as well. If you have a concern message me and I can work something out for you. THIS IS AN ASSEMBLED Item The item is NEW in the original box from old stock PERSONAL INVENTORY: Many of these unique items are from my personal inventory which was accumulated over the years. They are hard to part with but due to downsizing in retirement they too are looking for a good home which can appreciate and enjoy them. STORE INVENTORY: Having discontinued my Hobby Store and left frigid “Minne-Snow-Da” I have relocated and retired to the warmer part of the country, Down to Sunny TEXAS. I will be Liquidating the remaining stock. I will be listing items over the next year or so clearing them out. Please see the photos we take actual photos of each item Most of these items are New in the box removed only to take photos of them.

Price: 529.95 USD

Location: Van, Texas

End Time: 2025-01-19T21:05:00.000Z

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