Z Scale MARKLIN 3236 SOUTHERN PACIFIC MIKADO LOCOMOTIVE, TENDER & (4) CARS

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INCLUDED IN THIS AUCTION ARE ONLY THE ITEMS SHOWN IN PICTURE # (2) AND THE TOP 2 ROWS OF PICTURE #1 THE TRAIN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF PICTURE #(3) AND THE LOCO AND CARS IN ROWS 3 & 4 OF PICTURE # (1) ARE NOT INCLUDED. NO TRACK IS INCLUDED 5 POLE SOUTHERN PACIFIC MIKADO 2-8-2 PLUS - TENDER - (4)CARS I purchased these items some time ago but decided on a different era for my layout. As I understand it, the Mikado was last in used in the mid 1950's. All items are new but were tested (no more than 5 minutes) when received . I don't know if that makes this new or used by ebay standards. These will be shipped insured. I also have a Marklin power supply and micro-trains oval starter track that I purchased for use with the Mikado. I will include both items for an additional ($74.00). If the winner is interested contact me before checkout and I will send an adjusted invoice. Included are the top two rows only as pictured in picture; Mikado loco, tender, (4) four cars. None of the pieces in the bottom 2 rows are included in this auction. ABOUT THE MIKADO LOCOMOTIVE "Mikado" is the name generally assigned to the steam locomotives of the 2-8-2 wheel arrangement. The general, and reasonable assumption, is that this appellation stems from the construction of locomotives of this wheel arrangement by Baldwin in 1893. These locomotives were of the three foot six inch gauge, and were constructed for Nihon Tetsudo (Japan Railways), a private railway at the time. The class of these first locomotives was "Bt4/6". "B" was for "Baldwin", "t" meant "with tender", "4" stood for drivers, and "6" was for total axles. In 1906, 17 private railways, including Nihon Tetsudo became part of the Imperial Japanese Government Railways. It should be pointed out that after Pearl Harbor, in an excess of patriotic zeal, some railroads (most prominently the B&O and Union Pacific) renamed their locomotives of this wheel arrangement as "MacArthurs". The first known example of this wheel arrangement in North America was on the Lehigh Valley. In 1883, that road rebuilt one of two center cab 2-10-0s into a 2-8-2. The thought here was to reduce flange wear on the final set of drivers. The Lehigh Valley was one of the early pioneers of the 2-8-2, purchasing no less than 47 center cab Wooten firebox equipped locomotives between 1902 and 1905. While other anthracite roads, and the Lehigh Valley itself, were to purchase further Wooten equipped Mikados, this group was the only class to fall into the category of "Camelback - Mother Hubbard". Early installations of locomotives of the 2-8-2 wheel arrangement, both narrow gauge and industrial, such as logging, were ordered with a trailing axle to permit ease in bi-directional operation. But, for road service, the Mikado was considered to be developed from the 2-8-0 and the 2-6-2, just as the Pacific was a product of both the 4-4-2 and the 4-6-0. Bruce ("The Steam Locomotive In America") gives credit to an Alco built class for the Northern Pacific of 1905, which had 63 inch drivers. This, he regards as a development of 2-6-2s, of which the NP had a considerable fleet. The additional axle and the larger boiler permitted by the longer wheel base resulting in the 2-8-2 having the potential to haul the same trains as the 2-6-2 but on heavier grades. Another authority (Robert LeMassena, ("America's Workhorse Locomotive, the 2-8-2") points out that the NP sort of 2-8-2 had a smaller grate than contemporary 2-8-0s with 63 inch drivers, and the first true example of the 2-8-2 was a class built for the Virginian Railway in 1909, which had a deep firebox, supported by the trailing truck and a large superheated boiler. Whatever the ancestry, the 2-8-2 became the principal freight locomotive of North America. Dealing only with standard gauge locomotives of common carrier railroads, Bruce gives a total of 9500 having been built for service in the United States. To this should be added 497 of the type on the roster of the Canadian National, and 253 for the Canadian Pacific, pl... read more

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