MTH 80-3141-1 Ho 2-8-2 Lt MIKADO PRR 9627
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2-8-2 USRA Light Mikado Steam Engine Product Line: MTH HO Roadname: Pennsylvania 2-8-2 USRA Light Mikado Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 - PennsylvaniaCab No. 9627 Product Number: 80-3141-1 M.S.R.P. $ 449.95 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. 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 “Big Three” American locomotive builders — Alco, Baldwin, and Lima — representing more than a third of all government-built engines. The very first USRA engine built was Baltimore & Ohio No. 4500, a light Mikado that is preserved today in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore,
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