Walthers has announced 0-8-0 Steam Locomotives in
N Scale! Here are the details;
Lifelike - N Scale - PROTO N Heritage Steam Collection
USRA 0-8-0
Available September 1, 2007
* All-New Model
* All Drivers Geared
* Traction Tires for Superior Pulling Power
* All-Wheel Electrical Pickup on Loco & Tender
* DCC Ready - Socket in Tender
* Railroad-Specific Details
* Accumate(R) Knuckle Couplers
* Flywheel Equipped for Smooth Operation
* Constant Intensity & Directional Headlights
* RP-25 Contour Wheels - Operate on Code 55 or Larger Rail
* Heavy Diecast, Split-Frame Chassis
* Five-Pole Skew-Wound Motor
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!
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