RIVAROSSI HO Gauge #5426 Southern Pacific AC11 4-8-0 0-8-2 Cab Forward Articulated Steam Locomotive No.4294

RIVAROSSI HO Gauge #5426 Southern Pacific AC11 4-8-0 0-8-2 Cab Forward Articulated Steam Locomotive No.4294

Pre-owned in very good condition. Boxed in original box.

Articulated Steam Locomotive AC 11 of the Southern Pacific Lines

Commonly known as « Cab Forward » due to the particular positioning of the drivers cab, situated on the front of the Locomotive; This solution was adopted by the “Baldwin Locomotive Works” to alleviate the reduced visibility of the drivers, as the y had many tunnels on the Sierra Nevada routes. The wheel arrangement of  4-8-0 0-8-2, The Rivarossi model has a high-powered motor, which works on a double cardanic transmission, which in turn activates two separate groups of wheel units comprising 4 axles. Even though it is a big model, it has a docile and smooth running capability, and thanks also to the articulation, it can work, or minimum radius corners 400 mm. Front headlamp is fully operational, as so id the gearings. Tender with « Buckeye »

The colour scheme is twin tone gray aluminium on the smoke chamber, and lower part of  the ash pan and the lower part of the front cabin, is that of the prototype.

The inscriptions, accurately reproduced, are  of the post 1947, when the word “lines” was removed from the original inscriptions on the side of the tender.

Length  cm. 44.

 Produced by  Rivarossi from 1966 until 1999

In the livery of the Southern Pacific Lines