52903 USRA Light Pacific 4-6-2 - Baltimore & Ohio #5223 Steam Locomotive 1-76-Scale Separately fitted metal handrails aside

Separately fitted metal handrails aside each cab door and on each nose

ERA BR (Post 1948)

this model offers you the chance to experience history in miniature form

Boiler exhaust

partly due to the comfort the design offered drivers and staff and probably their ubiquity

52903 USRA Light Pacific 4-6-2 - Baltimore & Ohio #5223 Steam Locomotive 1-76-Scale Separately fitted metal handrails asideThe advent of heavier, longer passenger trains at the dawn of the 20th century called for a new type of steam locomotive. The 4 6 2 answered that call in 1901. During the First World War, the United States Railroad Administration manufactured a standardized 4 6 2 for delivery to several railroads under the organization's control. The design proved so successful, that a number of railroads built their own copies of the design upon returning to private