Frateschi Miniature Locomotive Consolidation 3121 Pennsylvania HO Scale 1:87

Consolidation are steam locomotives that have two wheels on the leading bogie, eight driving wheels and no trailing bogie. For this reason, according to the "WHITE" classification for steam locomotives, they are coded 2-8-0. Consolidation was so called because several railroads adhered to the "LEHIGH VALLEY" system, at the time of construction of the first 2-8-0 for that railroad. They were built after 1866 and were mainly used for freight service due to their reduced diameter drive wheels. For this same reason they had great speed limitation. Our prototype was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, however most major steam locomotive manufacturers built thousands of Consolidations between 1866 and 1930. This is typical of the late 19th century and was used by almost all railways, both standard gauge and , such as wide or narrow, all over the world. The first Consolidation of the Central do Brasil Railroad were the 500 series and date from 1877 to 1915. This prototype specifically dates from January 1909 and operated freight trains until 1960, during the dieselization period.

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