This detailed AtlasO Premier(R) O Scale 2-8-0 Consolidation steam engine has the same wheel arrangement as locos first developed in 1864-1865 to provide power for heavy trains running at moderate speeds, especially on steep grades. Alexander Mitchell, the chief mechanic for the Lehigh and Maloney Railroad, an eastern Pennsylvania coal hauler, designed the original 2-8-0. The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) was the first to put the 2-8-0 type engine on the rails when they rebuilt a Baldwin flexible-beam engine to a 2-8-0 configuration. For more than forty years, the 2-8-0 Consolidation was America s standard freight locomotive, working hard on virtually every railroad. The Atlas Premier model features a die-cast metal locomotive boiler and chassis and durable ABS tender and is equipped with the state-of-the-art Proto-Sound 3.0 sound and command control system, as well as a synchronized smoke unit. This O Gauge replica comes equipped with ProtoSound 3 and DCS for command control operation or for use on conventional AC 3-rail O Gauge layouts. This 2-8-0 is ready to run on your 3-rail O Gauge railroad and requires O-36 or larger curves. The 2-8-0 is one of many AtlasO locomotives.