Rivarossi Heisler Steam Locomotive Coos Bay Lumber Company #8 2-Truck Model HO Scale w/DCC Sound Decoder Model Train HR2947S

The Heisler was invented in 1891 and Charles L. Heisler received a patent in 1892 and made an impact on the logging industry of the United States through the turn of the century and on into 1941 when it was still being run regularly. Although it was considered the fastest of the geared steam locomotives, the notoriety of the Heisler came from its pulling capabilities. The high tractive effort was perfectly suited for moving long, heavy strings of loaded log cars both on flat ground and uphill. On the two-truck model, the cylinders were centrally located under the drive shaft. The drive shaft is extended into the tender on the three-truck model for more fuel and water capacity for longer and heavier trips. These locomotives were set apart from the rest by the cylinders being slanted inwards at a 45 degree angle. The center shaft only drove one axle per truck as the wheels in each truck were connected with a side rod. There were around 625 Heislers produced, ranging from 17 tons to 95 tons. Use the Heisler for what it was created for and pull the new 38 foot die-cast skeleton log cars also produced by Rivarossi. The Coos Bay Lumber Company started a mill in 1907 and only took a year until they started selling lumber, before increasing it's business. Setting up many logging camps, laying railroad along the way, Coos Bay Lumber Company operated in the mountains in Oregon from 1916 through 1956, directly influencing the growth at Coos Bay, which became a major exporting hub for lumber being stacked on sailing ships and transported to San Francisco. The Heisler could make up to three trips a day dropping of log cars and pulling the newly loaded cars to take down the mountain to dump the logs into Coos Bay. The Coos Bay Lumber Company was considered the most innovative lumber company of its time when logging was happening everywhere across the Pacific Northwest. Add the matching log car two-packs to complete the authentic logging locomotive! HR6629 & HR6630

• Rivarossi, Italian manufacturer and now part of the Hornby Hobbies family of brands, has produced some of the most iconic locomotives in steam, diesel and electric over the last 50 years.
• DCC equipped 21 Pin Socket ESU LokSound 5.0 Decoder for Digital Circuits HO 1:87 and OO 1:76 Gauge railway layouts. Rivarossi locomotives and rolling stock feature knuckle couplers.
• Add the Rivarossi Skeleton log cars to your layout and finish off the look of a Heisler as they were regularly seen pulling these log cars out of the woods in the upper Midwest and Western United States in the early 20th century.
• Essential in the development of the west, steam locomotives became the new work horses in forestry. Able to navigate the difficult terrain to haul timber that was quickly manufactured in paper mills and constructing new towns as business continued to grow and shape the recently inaccessible mountains and dense forests.
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