IHC 23435 Command XXV D&RGW Class F-81 2-10-2 "Santa Fe" Locomotive #1509

The 2-10-2 type was a direct lineal descendant of the decapod 2-10-0. Application of the rear trailer truck was more for guiding than for support of the firebox. To provide a pair of guiding wheels for a decapod in reverse motion, a new class of locomotive was developed for helper service over Raton and Cajon pass. To assist freight trains up hill the natural procedure was to simply back down the hill for the next up-grade train. A locomotive that could travel equally well in either direction dictated that the decapod 2-10-0 with a two wheel trailing truck added should be named after the road that developed this configuration. Hence the Santa Fe was born on the road of its name sake. The IHC 2-10-2 Santa Fe represents a late steam era development of the grade climbing locomotive.

The Rio Grande ordered ten "Santa Fe" type locomotives for it standard gauge railroad, which the American Locomotive Company delivered in 1917. These 2-10-2s were put to work in helper service on Tennessee Pass and on Pueblo to Denver coal trains. They were designated as Class F-81. The locomotives had 63" diameter drivers, 31" x 32" cylinders, a 195 psi boiler pressure, they exerted 80,907 pounds of tractive effort and each weighed 428,500 pounds. The firebox had security brick arch and the combined heating surface was 6,698 square feet.

FEATURES:

• NEW C-9 Mint Condition with Excellent Original Box.
• Little or no evidence of run time..
• MRRHQ Locomotive Works serviced, tested and certified.
• Operating Headlamp.
• Factory installed Rear Tender Lighting.
• One-piece boilers, engine covers, cabs and tenders of pressure-cast high impact plastic.
• Blackened guides, hand rails, fittings and coupler lift bars.
• Steel main and side rods.
• Real brass bell.
• Many additional fine details.
• Powerful state-of-the-art can motor w/flywheel.
• NMRA DCC Ready 8-Pin Connector.
• Sprung Scale 63" Drivers and RP25 Contour Wheels.
• Easy rolling steel needle point truck axles.
• Upgraded with working rear Kadee all-metal Knuckle Coupler.
• Optional Upgrades Available:
  • TCS T1 Standard DCC Decoder Installed.
  • TCS T1KA Standard DCC Decoder w/Keep Alive Installed.
  • TCS WOWSound 101 DCC/Sound Decoder Installed.
  • TCS WOWSound 101KA DCC/Sound Decoder w/Keep Alive Installed.
  • Engineer Figure Installed in Cab.
• Made in Slovenia by Mehano. Production Year 2000.

HO Scale 1:87

Dimensions: Locomotive 8 1/2"L x 1 1/2"W x 2 1/8"T Tender 6 3/8"L x 1 1/2"W x 2 1/8"T