Lionel 6-38082

PENNSYLVANIA Y3 2-8-8-2

 

  • TrainMaster Command Control- able to run in command or conventional mode
  • New RailSounds sound system with new intelligible CrewTalk dialog, more TowerCom announcements and additional operator controlled sound effects, such as a water injector
  • All new DynaChuff synchronized chuffing
  • Two FatBoy speakers
  • Odyssey system for speed control
  • Wireless tether
  • Directional lighting including operating headlight, back-up light on tender
  • High torque Pittman motor with momentum flywheel
  • Two traction tires
  • Synchronized fan driven smoke unit, detailed cab interior, flickering firebox in cab
  • Engineer and fireman figures
  • Minimum curve: O-72
  • During World War I, the United States Railroad Administration based its 2-8-8-2 Mallet type on a Norfolk & Western design. After receiving their allotment of 50 USRA 2-8-8-2 locomotives in 1919, the N & W refined them further into their Y-3 class. They served on Appalachian rails through the 1950s. In 1943 the Pennsylvania Railroad acquired six N & W Y-3's to help move freight on congested wartime mainlines. The second-hand locomotives even received the distinctive Pennsy keystone numberplate
  • The Lionel model includes an all-new, prototypical 18,000 gallon fishbelly tender with a lighted brakeman's doghouse. In addition there are upgrades from previous 2-8-8-2 releases, including synchronized fan-driven smoke and the all-new RailSounds 5.0 sound system, more separately applied details including whistle and bell cords, opening roof hatches, opening tender water hatches that reveal RailSounds controls, and even a separate coal load.

    • To Research Other Lionel Items in Our Research Library,
    Click Your Browser's Back Button

    Return to the Train-Station.com Home Page