Broadway Limited 5983 - USRA 2-8-2 Light Mikado w/ DCC and Sound Seaboard Air Line (SAL) 498 - N Scale

Broadway Limited Special items are at a big discount from our distributor, and we are passing those savings on to you! Please note that all Broadway Limited Special items may take 1-4 extra days to ship.

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For the first time in N scale, BLI is bringing out the USRA Light and Heavy 2-8-2 designs, commonly called Heavy Mikados and Light Mikados! There were 233 original USRA Heavy 2-8-2's built plus another 957 copies, covering 23 railroads. It was an extremely successful design. The USRA Heavy Mikados used pretty much the same running gear as the Light Mik's, but the boilers were 10 inches larger in diameter and they had larger cylinders as well. Tractive effort was about 10% higher for the heavy 2-8-2's.


As for the USRA Light Mikados, the USRA built 625 total, with 641 copies
built after the USRA ended control. With copies, over 50 railroads
used the USRA Light 2-8-2's.


BLI's models follow the original designs closely. Railroad specific
variations are not modeled on these locomotives. In most
instances we offer two locomotive numbers for each railroad, and we
are offering a painted model (black) with no lettering.

Industry-Leading
SOUND Features:

• Operates in DC & DCC (use DCMaster
  for DC Sound)
• Record & Play Operation - Records and
  plays back sounds and movements once or repeatedly for automatic operation
  
• 16-bit Sample Rate for exceptional
  high frequency sound clarity
• Playback Whistle for multiple whistle
  lengths and patterns
• Choice of 3 selectable Whistles
• Alternate Whistle / Horn where
  applicable for locomotive with air horn and steam whistle - both the main
  whistle and alternate can be easily played
• Adjustable bell ringing interval for
  faster or slower bell
• Numerous user-mappable functions with
  available keys
• Johnson Bar or Power Reverse Sound at Direction Change
• Passenger Station Ambient Sounds -
  Controlled with Function Key
• Freight Yard related radio chatter -
  Controlled with Function Key
• Lumber Yard Ambient Sounds -
  Controlled with Function Key
• Farm related radio chatter - Controlled with
  Function Key
• Crew Radio Communications -
  Controlled with Function Key
• Maintenance Yard related radio chatter -
  Controlled with Function Key
• Demo Mode for display and
  demonstrations
• Grade Crossing Signal -
  Controlled with Function Key
• Simple Programming with Integral DCC
  Decoder
• Automatic Forward / Reverse Signal -
  When activated, stopping triggers and stop whistle toot. When moving forward
  from a stopped position, toots twice. When moving in reverse, toots three
  times.
• Chuff sound intensity varies with load
• Individually adjustable sound volumes
  for most effects