| Y-3 2-8-8-2 Steam Locomotive
| Model
Information: | - Available
With or Without Quantum(R) Sound & DCC
- Traction
Tires for Superior Pulling Power
- Electrical
Pickup on Loco & Tender
- Railroad-Specific
Details
- Accumate(R)
Knuckle Couplers
- Flywheel
Equipped for Smooth Operation
- Constant
Intensity & Directional Headlights
- RP-25
Contour Wheels - Operate on Code 55 or Larger Rail
- Heavy
Diecast, Split-Frame Chassis
- Five-Pole
Skew-Wound Motor
- Sound
can be operated with standard DC power pack or DCC controllers. Sound features
include: Exhaust, Whistle, Bell, Squealing Brakes, Doppler Effect, Air Let Off
(in neutral), Turbo Generator Whine, and Trailer to mute whistle and bell for
double heading.
| | Prototype
Information: | First
built for the Southern Pacific in 1909 to tame its tough western grades, the 2-8-8-2
articulated Mallet soon caught the attention of roads facing similar problems.
In 1910, Norfolk and Western ordered five 2-8-8-2s (Class Y-1) similar to the
SP models from Baldwin. By 1918, lessons learned from the first group led to an
improved version, the Y-2; with minor changes to the cylinders, these became Class
Y-2a, which served as the basis for the United States Railway Administration (USRA)
2-8-8-2.
Although delivered too late for the war effort, the N&W
received 50 of the USRA engines in 1919, which it classified as Y-3. In 1923 another
30 were ordered with larger tenders (Y-3a), followed by 10 more in 1927 fitted
with feedwater heaters.
During World War II, several Y-3s were sold
to various western railroads that were desperate to ease motive power shortages.
Although well suited to coal-hauling duties in the Appalachians, the big articulateds
proved too slow for most of their new owners and they were retired or sold following
the war. At home, Y-3s remained in service until 1958. | 
| WITH
DCC & SOUND | | Road
Name | MSRP | Our
$ | Part
# | Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe
| $349.98 |  | LIF-90111 |
| $349.98 | | LIF-90112 |
Union Pacific
| $349.98 | | LIF-90116 |
| STANDARD
DC - (NO SOUND) | | Road
Name | MSRP | Our
$ | Part
# | Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe
| $250.00 | | LIF-96111 |
Union Pacific
| $250.00 | | LIF-96115 |
| Traction Tire for
2-8-8-2, 12 pieces | $5.99 | | LIF-95001 |
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