Steam locomotive 4-6-2 Heavy Pacific

Heavy Pacific	The Royal Blue - B&O	The Alton Ltd - Chicago & Alton
The Crescent Ltd - Southern	Chippewa - The Milwaukee Road	Blue Comet - Central Railroad of NJ
NMRA Headquarters Express	Light Pacific	The John Wilkes - Lehigh Valley

Steam Train class  4-6-2 Heavy Pacific

Locomotives of the « Pacific » class, with wheel arrangement  4-6-2, were built in great quantities in the US from  1902 until the 1930s.

They were designed for passenger service, but also used for high speed goods traffic: the Pacific’s were in fact for many years the expression of speed in the domain of rail transport, and stayed like that, until the arrival of other types of Locomotives more powerful, and “racer like” With many in use, it’s calculated that in the USA approximately 6800 were built, it would look like that only on the basis of projects done my USRA in the years previous the1st World War, there finally was a standardization of construction specs.

In the 20s , as already mentioned, the Pacific’s had the monopoly on passenger service routes. They were hauling trains with prestigious names, and contributed, for their part, to favour the increasing  development of a dynamic Nation under constant expansion.

The classic black version produced by Rivarossi from 1973 until 1980.

In the following liveries: Santa Fe, Pennsylvania, Chesapeake & Ohio,  Chicago & North Western,   Chicago Burlington & Quincy,   Erie

 Steam train  class 4-6-2 Heavy Pacific - "Presidents"  Baltimore & Ohio

Length of the model 30 cm..

Produced in three different versions: President Washington, President Filmore, President Polk

Produced by Rivarossi in  1976-1980-1984

Steam Train class  4-6-2 Heavy Pacific - Chicago & Alton

Steam Locomotive class 4-6-2 "Heavy Pacific" of the  "Chicago & Alton". This powerful locomotive pulled the "The Alton Limited" passenger service on the Chicago-St. Louis route, it had receive appropriate embellishments esthetically, due to the importance of the line it was serving in. The attractive livery in brown and red, with inscriptions in gold, gave the locomotive an aspect of impressive luxury.

Length of the model XXX The front headlamp is illuminated, and the Gearing with Baker distribution all fully functioning , and high capacity tender on three axle bogies.

Produced  by Rivarossi in 1979

Steam Train class  4-6-2 Heavy Pacific - "Crescent Limited" Southern

American steam train type USRA Heavy Pacific of the Southern RR, with special livery for the  passenger train Crescent Limited. Wheel arrangement 4-8-2. These locomotives were essentially designed for service on passenger  duties, but were used for goods train haulage. The front headlamp is illuminated, and the Gearing with Baker distribution all fully functioning.

Produced by Rivarossi from 1972 till 1984.

 Steam Train class  4-6-2 Heavy Pacific - Chippewa Milwaukee Road

Steam train with tender running under "Milwaukee Road" colours with wheel arrangement 4-6-2 Heavy pacific. The front headlamp is illuminated, and the Gearing with Baker distribution all fully functioning. The Loco is painted with the colours brown and orange, and respects the prototype used whilst pulling the “Chippewa Hiawatha”.

Produced by Rivarossi from 1974 to 1975

Steam Train class  4-6-2 Heavy Pacific - "Blue Comet"  Central Railroad of New Jersey

Steam Locomotive class 4-6-2 "Heavy Pacific"  of the « Central Railroad of New Jersey. This model  prospects a Heavy Pacific in its characteristic livery sky blue and dark grey, used whilst hauling the “The Blue Comet” » which linked New York with Atlantic City. The front headlamp is illuminated, and the gearing with Baker distribution all fully functioning , and high capacity tender on three axle bogies.

Length of the model cm. 33.

Produced by Rivarossi in 1978

4-6-2 Heavy Pacific - National Model Railroad Association Headquarters Express

Produced by Rivarossi in1980 only for USA market, for the NNRA Convention in 1980, on limited edition by Con-Cor

 Steam Train class  4-6-2 Heavy Pacific Streamlined - "Lehigh Valley"

"The John Wilkes"

Locomotive of the Lehigh Valley streamlined  to haul the fast passenger service  train "John Wilkes" which in the 30s linked on a daily basis Pittston with New York.

Produced by Rivarossi in1994

4-6-2 Light Pacific

Made only for USA market in the '70 - This loco didn't was really a Light Pacific, but a Heavy Pacific simplified