MTH 30-1455-1 Southern 2-8-8-2 USRA Steam Locomotive w/PS 2.0 #4022 ProductID_11441004 Two scale operating Kadee coupler

Two scale operating Kadee coupler

The Trainz SKU for this item is P12112480

Blackened nickel silver wheels with RP25 flanges

full detailed interiors

The Trainz SKU for this item is P11984932

MTH 30-1455-1 Southern 2-8-8-2 USRA Steam Locomotive w/PS 2.0 #4022 ProductID_11441004 Two scale operating Kadee couplerIn 1874, Swiss technical writer Anatole Mallet invented the articulated locomotive, coupling two sets of driving wheels under one boiler. Mallets used their steam twice: the rear cylinders were fed high pressure boiler steam, and the larger front cylinders used low pressure steam exhausted from the rear cylinders. In 1909, Baldwin delivered the first 2 8 8 2 Mallets to the Southern Pacific, where they became the precursors of the Cab Forwards shown