C-19 2-8-0 Live Steam - Butane Fired
Prototype Information
Thank you for choosing ACCUCRAFT TRAINS for your large scale modeling.
Your selection is an accurate scale model of the Denver & Rio Grande C-19
2-8-0 locomotive, handcrafted in brass and is a precision piece of equipment.
As with all fi ne equipment, your locomotive must be properly maintained and
cared for.
The “C-19” is one of the most famous narrow gauge locomotives of the Far
West. For decades, the highly successfully 2-8-0 Consolidation Class was the
“Standard motive power” of the narrow gauge railroad.
Every version of the “C-19” is built to exact standards from meticulously
researched plans and prototype measurements. All models are entirely
constructed with brass and stainless steel. Each “C-19” is meticulously detailed
and lettered to a museum-quality fi nish.
Total production is very limited and each has been labeled with a serial number
on the bottom of the locomotive.
Operating a live-steam locomotive is much different from running an electrically
powered engine. It is a more hands-on, interactive experience. The locomotive
must be periodically fueled, oiled, and watered. As supplied, the C-19 is
manually controlled, which means that you must actually drive the locomotive
using the controls in the cab, just as you would a full-size engine.
The performance of the engine is also unlike electric locomotives. The C-19
should pull up to a dozen standard-size freight cars on good, level track. Grades
and sharp curves will diminish its capability. A good engineer will learn the
engine’s characteristics and idiosyncrasies over time, to get the best perfor-
mance and longest duration from it.
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