HO Scale Nickel Plate Road Class S-2 2-8-4 Berkshire Steam Locomotive Era: 1950's Lima Bell Mount (Multiple Roadnumbers)
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HO Scale Nickel Plate Road Class S-2 2-8-4 Berkshire Steam Locomotive Era: 1950's Lima Bell Mount (Multiple Roadnumbers)
HO Scale Nickel Plate Road Class S-2 2-8-4 Berkshire Steam Locomotive Era: 1950's Lima Bell Mount (Multiple Roadnumbers)
HO Scale Nickel Plate Road Class S-2 2-8-4 Berkshire Steam Locomotive Era: 1950's Lima Bell Mount (Multiple Roadnumbers)
HO Scale Nickel Plate Road Class S-2 2-8-4 Berkshire Steam Locomotive Era: 1950's Lima Bell Mount (Multiple Roadnumbers)
HO Scale Nickel Plate Road Class S-2 2-8-4 Berkshire Steam Locomotive Era: 1950's Lima Bell Mount (Multiple Roadnumbers)
HO Scale Nickel Plate Road Class S-2 2-8-4 Berkshire Steam Locomotive Era: 1950's Lima Bell Mount (Multiple Roadnumbers)
HO Scale Nickel Plate Road Class S-2 2-8-4 Berkshire Steam Locomotive Era: 1950's Lima Bell Mount (Multiple Roadnumbers)
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HO Scale Nickel Plate Road Class S-2 2-8-4 Berkshire Steam Locomotive Era: 1950's Lima Bell Mount (Multiple Roadnumbers)

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PreOrder page for the upcoming HO Scale Nickel Plate Road Class S-2 2-8-4 Steam Locomotive.

Roadnumbers available from this group: 749, 755 ,757 and 760  Era: 1950's 

PreOrder now for ZERO down. The current ETA for these models is Early 2025

On the checkout page for PreOrdering please scroll to the bottom and select: 'Paypal Invoice Upon Shipment'. This will not ask you to sign into Paypal or submit any card information and enables us to log your order and send an invoice upon day of shipment. 

By placing a PreOrder you will have an order slot with the factory and a guaranteed model reserved in your name. There will not be a pending charge and you will only be charged the amount when the model is ready to ship!

If you hold interest in this model it is very important that you place a PreOrder, if sufficient PreOrders are not received then the finale of this project will not materialize. There are only plans to produce models to PreOrders received. Do not miss out! 

PreOrders can be cancelled anytime. Please reach out with any questions or concerns. 

Currently the PreOrder retail price is set at 699.99. Since the date of project completion is still some ways out there's a small chance the retail price might need to be increased in order to account for variables outside of the control of Cardinal River Models LLC and still make the project viable. In the event this happens you will of course be contacted with the option of moving forward. 

Cardinal River Models is proud to offer you what will be an exquisite model of a very highly revered prototype. This Project has been ongoing for over 5 years now and has left no stone unturned in the trek of commitment for faithfulness to prototypical accuracy. 

The model will be created from 100% new tooling produced from a 3D Laser Scan of 765, Original Lima Engineering Drawings and Official Nickel Plate Road Mechanical Drawings. 

CRM firmly believes this will be the best model ever produced of a Nickel Plate Road Class S-2 2-8-4 in HO 1:87 Scale. Possibly any scale. 

Super standout features of the model will be: Underside Cylinder Steam Effect Synchronized To Decoder Sounds. This is an industry first offering for the U.S HO 1:87 Scale market. Color variable classification lights. First time offered in HO with the NKP Shops and Hunter-Spiller Co style bell.

Please note some of the details on the models shown will be modified before final rendering. 

Model Features are as follows: 

ESU LokSound V5 DCC Decoder 

Synchronized Puffing Smoke 

Synchronized Underside Cylinder Steam (US 1:87 Scale Industry First)! 

Diecast Alloy Frame, Chassis, Cab, Boiler and Tender 

Powerful 5 Pole Skew Wound Motor With Quality Drive Suited to Slow Speed Operation And Maximum Pulling Capacity 

Traction Tire Equipped 

RP25 Wheel Contours 

Conforms to All Applicable NMRA Standards

Removable "Extra" Flags Next To Number Boards

Correct Nickel Plate Road Style Number Boards With Illumination 

Front Headlight And Rear Tender Backup Light 

Correct Pyle National Headlight Arrangement With Visor 

Illuminated Classification lights of Red/Green/Clear 

Correct Turbogenerator Arrangement 

Correct Placement of 50s ERA Turbo-Alternator on Engineers (Right Hand Side)

Correct Advisory Mechanical Committee Forked Main Rod

Kadee Style Knuckle Couplers

Overfire Jets As Appropriate 

Accurate Notch On The Firemans Side Inner Running Board Step Support For Removal Of Airpump Shuttle Valve. (First time in HO) 

Accurately Depicted Nathan 4000 Injector Under Cab Right With Cab Floor Valve and Lever

Late and Early Side Rods

Late and Early Air Reservoirs

Auxiliary Pill Air Reservoir 

Late and Early Bell 

Late and Early Bell mount

Late and Early Steam Dome

Steam Line and Steam Line Connection 

ATS (Automatic Train Stop) Equipment Where Appropriate: Shoe, Box, Conduit 

Correct 'Horseshoe' Shape of SmokeStack with Auxiliary Exhaust Ports 

Correct Brake Master Cylinder 

Correct retrofitted ALCO Power Reverse

Correct Blowdown "Skirt": NKP shop fitted and LIMA versions 

Correct Boiler Band Arrangement 

Correct Sand Line Arrangement 

Correct Engine Truck

Correct Drive wheels

Cab Front Smoke Inspection Port Style Windows 

Cab Rear Curtain Correct Length

Conduit Boxes on Cab Front 

Correct Conduit Routing 

In Cab Detail 

Cab Side Vent Detail

Cab Roof Hatch Detail Accurately Depicted 

Correct Leaf and Coil Spring Detail 

Fireman Side Hot Water Pump Exhaust 

Fireman Side Vertical Step Stanchion To Clear AirPump Boss

Detroit and Nathan Lubricators Respectively 

'Valve Oil' Plaque Legible on Engineer Side Nathan DV7 Lubricator 

Rocking Lever Above Vale Gear On Both Sides for Valve Oil Driveline 

Accurate Arrangement For Fireman Side (Left Hand Side) Cold Water Pump 

Correct Cold Water Piping 

Full Underside Locomotive Detail 

Correct Mars Light Arrangement

Correct Legible Builders and Trust Plates of: LIMA, NKP Trust and ELESCO Superheater CO. 

Correct Tender fittings including but not limited to: Radio, Safety Chains on Trucks, Wrecking Chain, Toolbox, Rack for Rerailer, Rerailers

Correct Coal Board Arrangement on Tender Front

Correct Buckeye Steel Casting Company Trucks

Correct Conduit Lines on Tender Sides

Tender Front Underside Water Valves 

Full Underside Tender Detail 

Recommended Minimum Radius is 22" but should be able to navigate 18" under slow speeds. 

Authentic Lettering and Paint Where Appropriate  

Featuring Sounds Recorded From 765 in 2022

(Please check back as this list may develop further)

Specific Details For 1950's Version: (Roadnumber Specific See Below)

Original Lima Hinged Bell Mount 

Overfire Jet Detail on Firebox Sides

No Antenna on Cab Roof

Nickel Plate Shops Proprietary "drum" Blowdown Skirt 

No MU stand in cab

Classic Journal Boxes Where Appropriate

Standard Piping Underside Cab

Correct Period Turbogenerators on Firemans Side With Red Painted Valve Wheels

Turbo-Alternator and Mount on Engineers Side 

Mars Company Signal Oscillating Light 

No Cylinder Head Covers

Correct Period 6ET Brake Cylinder 

Piping for Speed Recorder Across Engineers Side of Firebox 

Fireman Side Hot Water Pump Exhaust Pipe

Hunter Spiller Bell company Notched Lip Bell 

Nickel Plate Shops Bracketed Electrical Conduit Across Upper Smokebox Door

Tender Deck Mounted Radio box with Accurate Electrical Conduits

Steam Line Fitted To Tender Underside 

Wrecking/Towing Chain on Tender Firemans Side

Automatic Train Stop (ATS) Box and Pickup Shoe on Tender Engineers Side

#749 Era: Mid to Late 1950's

Original Lima Hinged Bell Mount

Original Air Reservoirs 

Nickel Plate Shops 4" Taller Steam Dome

Late Style Side Rods

#755 Era: Mid 1950's

Original Lima Hinged Bell Mount

Late Style Main Air Reservoirs and Original Forward Engineer Side Air Reservoir 

Late Style Side Rods

Original (but reinstalled) headlight number Bracket. (The headlight bracket on 755 was altered a few times but the original style she wore -after the late 40s having a slightly modified version- in the 1950s is accurate and represented here) 

#757 Era: Mid to Late 1950's

Original Lima Bell Mount

Original Air Reservoirs

NKP Shops Modified 4" Taller Steam Dome

Late Style Side Rods 

#760 Era: Mid to Late 1950's

Original Lima Bell Mount

Original Air Reservoirs

Original Side Rods 

Be sure to check back. There is so much to be said about this fine model that it seems every note or file has something else to list here. 

Thank you sincerely for your interest in the first locomotive from Cardinal River Models. Your patronage is beyond valuable and we hope to bring enjoyment to many model railroaders for years to come.