Model Railroading > BLI ATSF Mikado HO - New announcement

Well the new BLI catalog is full of surprises.  For the Santa Fe modeler we get the 400 class 2-8-2.   This will be a nice adition to the products on the markets. 

Also new UP Early Challanger and F3 and F7s - All new tooling.  Not as interested in these as I am about having a new Santa Fe steam engine.

T=9pthe first “Mikado” type locomotives on the ATSF came from the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1902 and 1903. They were assigned road numbers 885 through 899. These 2-8-2s were Vauclain compounds with a wide firebox, which extended over the rear wheels. They were converted to simple locomotives in 1908 and saw service for the next four decades. In 1913, the next group of “Mikados” was purchased from Baldwin. This group was assigned road numbers 3100 through 3128. They had the same basic design as the converted locomotives of 1908, which included 57” diameter drivers, 25” x 32” cylinders, a 170 psi boiler pressure and a tractive effort of 50,700 pounds.
In 1916 more 2-8-2s arrived, when Baldwin delivered a group of thirty, which were given road numbers 3129 through 3158. These locomotives had 57” diameter drivers, 25” x 32” cylinders, a 200 psi boiler pressure and they exerted 56,650 pounds of tractive effort.
Between 1917 and 1920, the AT&SF received a total of 128 more “Mikados”. The locomotives of this group were assigned road numbers 3160 through 3287 and were about 20 tons heavier than the earlier ones. They had 63” diameter drivers, 27” x 32” cylinders, a 200 psi boiler pressure and they exerted 62, 950 pounds of tractive effort. The last group of new 2-8-2s to be added to the roster was a group of 101 built by Baldwin between 1921 and 1926. This group, road numbers 4000 through 4100 had the same specifications as the 3160-3287 locomotives and represents
the set of Mikados Broadway Limited is producing.
There are two surviving AT&SF 2-8-2 “Mikado” type locomotives. These two locomotives (numbers 3167 and 4076) were lost in a flood in 1952 and are now sunk in the Kaw River in Topeka, KS. -- Adapted from steamlocomotive.com
FEATURES
=9pt• NEW =9ptParagon3 Sound & Operation System FEATURING ROLLING THUNDER=4ptTM=9ptwith Authentic Sounds and
Prototypical Operation in both DC and DCC environments
• Factory Installed Engineer / Fireman Figures
• Synchronized Puffing Smoke with each Chuff
• Variable Puffing Smoke Intensity and Timing
• Locomotive Composition: =9ptDie Cast Body with Die Cast Chassis
• Tender Composition: =9ptABS Body with Die Cast Chassis
• Couplers: =9pt(2) Operating Kadee® or Compatible
• Compatible Tracks: =9ptCode 70, 83, 100 Rail
• Equipped with Traction Tires
• Minimum Operating Radius: 18 in or greater
4760 =9ptATSF 4000 Class 2-8-2, #4018, w/ road pilot, HO .................................................$399.99
4761 =9ptATSF 4000 Class 2-8-2, #4041, w/ road pilot, HO .................................................$399.99
4762 =9ptATSF 4000 Class 2-8-2, #4090, w/ road pilot, HO .................................................$399.99
4763 =9ptATSF 4000 Class 2-8-2, #4100, w/ road pilot, HO .................................................$399.99
4764 =9ptATSF 4000 Class 2-8-2, Unlettered, w/ road pilot, HO.............................................$399.99
4765 =9ptATSF 4000 Class 2-8-2, #4023, w/ switching pilot and large rear headlight, HO.....$399.99
4766 =9ptATSF 4000 Class 2-8-2, #4025, w/ switching pilot and large rear headlight, HO.....$399.99
4767 =9ptATSF 4000 Class 2-8-2, #4089, w/ switching pilot and large rear headlight, HO.....$399.99
4768 =9ptATSF 4000 Class 2-8-2, #4099, w/ switching pilot and large rear headlight, HO.....$399.99
4769 =9ptATSF 4000 Class 2-8-2, Unlettered, w/ switching pilot and large rear headlight, HO.$399.99
ROAD PILOT
SWITCHING PILOT

 

Jeff Smith
Lakewood, CA
RailMaster Hobbies

Very Nice! Hoping to see some SP Steam from BLI also! 

Javier Cervantes
Castle Rock , CO

Early Challengers?  Athearn is already doing the early Challengers I thought.  Now Big Boys and Challengers have become the F units of the steam world.

Can we please get a Union Pacific 2-8-2 MK class to run on our branchlines.

Excited to see more ATSF power. I picked up the latest run of 2-10-2s and after removing the factory sound and adding a Econami decoder it prefroms and looks fantastic.  The addition of a Mike will be great but you can purchase a brass Sunset for about half the cost.  I guess you still have to add DCC and sound...  Just my thoughts.   With that said I will probably buy one anyway. :)

sphauler



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Has anyone heard anything about an NYC H-5 Mikado by any of the big player plastic steam loco manufacturers? Reportledy, plans, etc. were provided some time ago. Of all the steam locos on the New York Central System this one outnumbered all other classes. It was as common as dirt from just before WWI (many were rebuilt from 2-8-0 Consolidations) to the end of steam. In fact, the last steam run on the NYC was an H-5.

Victor A. Baird
​http://www.erstwhilepublications.com

Didn't NKP have H5 copies?

PRR modelers will be getting a streamlined K-4, a rerun of L's and J's a new from BLI GG-1 and a P5a !!!  That and a second run of P-70 coaches. ---  Ken 

I keep hoping that one of the players in the "reasonably priced" HO steam market will remember that UP ran a lot more than Challengers and Big Boys.  The UP guys are in desperate need of 2-8-2s and 2-8-0s and could use a neat 0-6-0 switcher (not USRA)

Gary B.
Waverly, NE

binder001 Wrote:
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> I keep hoping that one of the players in the
> "reasonably priced" HO steam market will remember
> that UP ran a lot more than Challengers and Big
> Boys.  The UP guys are in desperate need of
> 2-8-2s and 2-8-0s and could use a neat 0-6-0
> switcher (not USRA)

Meanwhile, some of us ATSF guys wish someone would do a 2900-series 4-8-4, or a 5011-class 2-10-4.  Most of the PFM ones (except maybe for the 1980's run) are a bit long in the tooth, and the "Super Crown" ones done more recently are too pricey.

Since a number of the 5011-class 2-10-4's ended up on lease service on the western portions of the PRR, a few Pennsy modelers could use them too!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/19/16 23:21 by bioyans.

Yes, they certainly did. and a numer of other roads purchased them second-hand, including some Class Ones. 

Victor A. Baird
​http://www.erstwhilepublications.com

CPR_4000 Wrote:
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> Didn't NKP have H5 copies?

choochooshoes?!   For everyone from tots to adults although the mens sizes seem to only come in 10,12 and 15.