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Hi Just arrived Mikado Class 800 Union Pacific Marklin 37894 So beautiful..... Best Regards Costas
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 Joined: 15/05/2003(UTC) Posts: 183 Location: Cherry Hill, NJ
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Absolutely correct a BEAUTIFUL locomotive!
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Originally Posted by: ktsolias  Mikado Class 800 Union Pacific Mikado is 2-8-2. This is a 4-8-4 and there are several names for that configuration, like Northern or Niagara. |
Regards Tom --- "In all of the gauges, we particularly emphasize a high level of quality, the best possible fidelity to the prototype, and absolute precision. You will see that in all of our products." (from Märklin New Items Brochure 2015, page 1) ROFLBTCUTS  |
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Originally Posted by: H0 This is a 4-8-4 and there are several names for that configuration, like Northern or Niagara Union Pacific called them FEF or Four Eight Four.
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Joined: 05/12/2008(UTC) Posts: 1,802 Location: Crozet, Virginia
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I call them Northerns, which is the most common name for a 4-8-4 in the US.
The NYC called their 4-8-4s Niagaras because they saw themselves as the best railroad in the world and they had to have their own name and not one related to another railroad.
The UP designation FEF was primarily a class designation and derived as EMD_GP7 said. The UP 4-8-4s were called Northers by UP as well. This loco type was the pinnacle of US passenger steam and there any some beautiful examples of these peak of steam locos still around.
The 844 is one of the finest both back then and still today. It has never been retired by the UP and is kept in top operating condition for us all to enjoy. |
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Jim
I have almost all Märklin and mostly HO, although I do have a small number of Z gauge trains!
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