IHCM931 Seaboard Class M2 4-8-2 Mountain Locomotive #249 HO Scale

Formed in 1900, the Seaboard Airline Railroad came late to the race for supremacy in north-south East Coast rail traffic. Most of the direct north-south routes along America's Eastern "Seaboard" were already snapped up by the Atlantic Coast Line and Southern railroads. The eventual success of the SAL is a well documented and fascinating story of acquisition, new construction, bankruptcy and, eventually, success. The SAL eventually merged with the ACL and Chessie systems becoming the giant CSX conglomerate.

"In search of more powerful locomotives for the Richmond-Hamlet-Atlanta passenger run, in 1917 the SAL purchased 6 M-class Mountains from Richmond and Schnectady. They had 69" drivers and 27" x 28" cylinders and weighed 316,000 pounds. Ten more 4-8-2s almost identical to the Ms came from Schnectady in 1922. They were classed M-1 and numbered 215-224. To achieve yet higher speeds, the SAL modified the original M design with 72" drivers for the M2 class built by Baldwin between 1924 and 1926. They had cast trailing trucks w/o boosters and like the previous 4-8-2s they had small Vanderbilt Tenders and were hand-fired. They were later fitted with stokers and received 12-wheel tenders. Initially their territory was Richmond-Hamlet-Savannah. Later they worked to Atlanta, Topeka and Miami." (From: "The Guide to North American Steam Locomotives" by the late George H. Drury.

• NEW C-9 Mint Condition with Mint Original Box.
• No evidence of run time.
• MRRHQ Locomotive Works serviced, tested and certified.
• Upgraded with High Performance MRRHQ Custom LED Operating Headlamp.
• Factory Installed Directional Back Up Light.
• One-piece boilers, engine covers, cabs and tenders of pressure-cast high impact plastic.
• Steel main and side rods.
• Real brass bell.
• Includes ALL 15+ owner applied additional fine detail parts. (Not shown in included images)
• Powerful state-of-the-art can motor w/flywheel.
• Scale 72" Drivers.
• Easy rolling steel needle point truck axles.
• Dummy Front and working Rear Knuckle Coupler.
• Optional Upgrades Available:
  • SOUNDTRAXX 852204 Standard DCC Decoder Installed.
  • SOUNDTRAXX 852204 Standard DCC Decoder w/810160 Keep Alive Installed.
  • SOUNDTRAXX TSU1100 Digital DCC/Sound Decoder Installed.
  • SOUNDTRAXX TSU1100 Digital DCC/Sound Decoder w/810160 Keep Alive Installed.
  • SOUNDTRAXX Blunami 2200 IOS App-Controlled DCC/Sound Decoder Installed.
  • SOUNDTRAXX Blunami 2200 IOS App-Controlled DCC/Sound Decoder Installed w/819160 Keep alive Installed.
  • Engineer Figure Installed in Cab.
• Made in Slovenia by Mehano. Production Year 2004.