51612 USRA 0-6-0 & Slope Tender - Chesapeake & Ohio #128 Steam Locomotive - DCC Fitted option-set-139 • Versions with original body

•    Versions with original body skirt & skirts removed

Their wide doors were designed for loading by fork lift truck

Although introduced onto the GWR by Collett from 1925

The detail is all in the cab which features the distinctive Atkinson radiator with chrome surround to the black grille

51612 USRA 0-6-0 & Slope Tender - Chesapeake & Ohio #128 Steam Locomotive - DCC Fitted option-set-139 • Versions with original bodyWith production beginning in 1918, the USRA 0 6 0 was one of a selection of locomotives designed by the United States Railroad Administration during the brief period in World War 1 when the US rail network was nationalized under government ownership. Classified as a light switcher, the type saw widespread success in both light freight and yard duties, and many railroads went on to run these plucky workhorses for several decades, once the rail system