Selling for a friend a brand new in the box NYC Mikado & Tender, 6-18079.

Features:
Odyssey System
Die Cast
Firebox Glow
TMCC/Railsounds
DynaChuff
Smoke
Figures
042 curves
Wireless tether

This is the high end model that sold brand new for $1,249.95. He is asking $800.00 + shipping (should be around 15.00 to 20.00) or reasonable offers will be entertained. Email me at VaGolfer1950@comcast.net Price Reduced to $500.00

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Any serious offers will be considered as he wants to sell this quickly.

Paul,what type of load did these engines pull? ie heavyweight passenger,or freight.
Thanks,Joe

The Mikado's as far as I know mostly were used as freight pullers.

The 2-8-2 saw great success in the United States, mostly as a freight locomotive. It largely replaced the 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type as the heavy freight locomotive type in the second decade of the 20th century. Tractive effort was similar to the best 2-8-0s, but a developing requirement for higher speed freight trains drove the shift to the 2-8-2. The type was in turn pushed from the top-flight trains by larger freight locomotive arrangements such as 2-10-2, 2-8-4, 2-10-4 and articulated locomotives, but no successor type became ubiquitous and the "Mike" remained the most common road freight locomotive with most railroads until the end of steam. In excess of 14,000 of this type were built for North American service, which comprised approximately one-fifth of all locomotives in service at the time. The heaviest Mikados were Great Northern's class O-8, which also had the heaviest axle load (81,250 lb.) of any steam locomotive.


Almost all North American railroads rostered the type; notable exceptions included Boston and Maine Railroad, Delaware and Hudson Railway, St. Louis Southwestern Railway and Norfolk and Western Railway. The largest users included New York Central Railroad (715 examples), Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (610), Pennsylvania Railroad (579), Illinois Central Railroad (565), Milwaukee Road (500), and the Southern Railway (435).[

Paul, Thank you for your detailed answer & information,very helpful.
Thanks,Joe

Any offers? This is a really nice new in the box scale engine.

Okay my friend says that he really needs the money so the price is reduced to $500.00 plus shipping!!!