WHOA MOMMA! THIS ONE IS IMPRESSIVE
You are looking at a unique K-Line O gauge articulated steam locomotive. This is the Virginian Allegheny 2-6-6-6.
K-LINE's Titan Series with die cast Allegheny steamers. This series of engines features locos with loads of details that have been proportionally scaled down to run on O-31 curves. These are large engines designed for the railroader with a traditional-sized layout. This command version features TrainMaster Command Control, Lionel RailSounds with Crew Talk and TowerCom and an Electrocoupler on the rear of the tender.
Features:
- O-Gauge, Traditional O-Scale
- Equipped with Lionel TrainMaster Command Control
- Lionel RailSounds, TowerCom and CrewTalk
- ElectroCoupler on tender rear
- Constant voltage headlight
- Directionally controlled back-up light on tender
- Die-cast boiler cab and tender shells
- Die-cast leading, trailing and tender trucks
- Cab engineer and fireman figures
- Articulated engine trucks
- Fan driven operating smoke unit
- Length: 27"
- Minimum curve: O-31
Some History
In the early 1940s, the Chesapeake & Ohio needed new power on its Allegheny Division to move coal trains over the 2,072 foot summit of an Allegheny mountain. Lima Locomotive Works designed a six-coupled, single-expansion articulated with 67" diameter drivers for speed, a 9' x 15' firebox with a very large boiler for steaming and 778,000 pounds of locomotive weight.
The Virginian was the only other railroad to have bought the 2-6-6-6. It took delivery of eight of them in 1945 and used them for hauling coal trains well into the 1950s. On the Virginian these Lima built copies of the C&O 'Allegheny' were called 'Blue Ridge' type locomotives.