926513 USATC S160 2-8-0 'Pvt. H.J. O’Brien' Black with Transportation Corps U.S.A. on Tender No.2582 Steam Locomotive - DCC Sound Brand_Lionheart-Trains It was a Benz car

It was a Benz car tootling around Detroit in the 1890s that caught the attention of an Edison Illuminating Company engineer named Henry Ford who had been working on his own idea for a car

although the NER required them to be convertible for use with ordinary coal trade traffic and so hinged sloping floor panels were fitted

These signals are quick and easy to install and do not require any soldering

This guarantees a natural surface look and feel

This allowed for smoother running and with the primary coil springs and hydraulic dampers the coaches were able to run smoothly at 125mph instead of the limited 100mph from the MK2s

926513 USATC S160 2-8-0 'Pvt. H.J. O’Brien' Black with Transportation Corps U.S.A. on Tender No.2582 Steam Locomotive - DCC Sound Brand_Lionheart-Trains It was a Benz carEXCLUSIVE TO RAILS No. 2582 was built in Ohio by Lima in 1943. The engine was sent to the UK in November 1943 and stored until August 1944 when it was sent to Europe. Eighteen S160s deployed to Northern Europe carried names. The first of these was No. 2582. On 27th February 1945 amidst the ruins of Lige in Belgium, a ceremony was held where Major General Frank S. Ross dedicated a suitably bulled up No. 2582 to Pvt. H. J. OBrien of the 741st Battalion,