2-8-2 USRA Heavy Mikado

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• The Heavy Mikado was "conceived" under the auspices of the United States Railway Administration (USRA), an agency established during WWI to regulate the railroad industry during the war.
• One of the first undertakings of the USRA was to develop locomotive (and rolling stock) designs that the railroads could share.
• This "common design" program was highly successful in streamlining production, and many USRA engines were used long after the war was over, essentially "outliving" the agency that conceived them.
• The USRA ultimately created 12 different steam locomotive designs, including both the Heavy Mikado and Light Mikado.
• Both the Light and Heavy Mikado used the same 63" drivers and running gear, but the Heavy Mike had a fatter boiler and put out more pounds on the drivers. This resulted in a more powerful locomotive.
• Under the USRA's watch, 233 Heavy Mikados were built. Including copies built later, the total number of Heavy Mikes was 957 units, purchased originally by 23 different railroads, primarily in freight service.
• Some Mikado steam engine are still in service today, employed mostly for tourist or railfan trips.

P/N: 126-0211A CB&Q Mikado #5502
About the CB&Q USRA 2-8-2 Heavy Mikado:

The CB&Q, a Midwest railroad with lines running from Chicago northwest to Minneapolis/St. Paul and Chicago west to Denver, could never seem to get enough steam power to cover the wartime traffic and was assigned 15 Heavy Mikados by the USRA in 1919, Mikados which continued to perform long into the diesel era.

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P/N: 126-0200 USRA Heavy 2-8-2 Mikado Undecorated (Painted-Unlettered)

 
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P/N: 126-0211 CB&Q Mikado #5510
About the CB&Q USRA 2-8-2 Heavy Mikado:

The CB&Q, a Midwest railroad with lines running from Chicago northwest to Minneapolis/St. Paul and Chicago west to Denver, could never seem to get enough steam power to cover the wartime traffic and was assigned 15 Heavy Mikados by the USRA in 1919, Mikados which continued to perform long into the diesel era.
 
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P/N: 126-2006 Kato 20th Anniversary USRA Heavy 2-8-2 Mikado

 
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