2-8-2 USRA Heavy Mikado Profile and Models

The Heavy Mikado locomotive design was produced under the control of the United States Railroad Administration (USRA), the nationalised USA railroad system, during World War 1. A total of 233 were built with a 2-8-2 wheel arrangement and post-war it became the de-facto standard design - a total of 957 were eventually built including the USRA-built originals and subsequent copies. The Heavy Mikados used the same running gear as the earlier Light Mikado design but were built to a higher axle load, had larger cylinders and a much larger boiler - which provided more power and steam generating ability.

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