BLI's  First Come, First Served Policy

We received a notice from Broadway Limited late last week that said everything in the 2016 - 2017 BLI Product Guide may be ordered at any time. We have added those items we have not previously announced to this series of announcements.

Apparently BLI has committed to the build numbers for all the current products; quantities have already been set. Therefore all of the items in their 2016 - 2017 Catalog have a limited quantity and some items may be shorter than usual.  There is no Guarantee of delivery beyond what they have committed to.

We have added all the additional items that we did not have in our database as listed in the items in this announcement. We suggest strongly, if there is something you want, get your order in now! Broadway is no longer allowing customers the usual 30-60 days to decide if they want product before quantities are set.

For the first time in the Paragon3 series, BLI is bringing out the USRA Light and Heavy 2-8-2 designs, commonly called Heavy Mikados and Light Mikados. There were 233 original USRA Heavy 2-8-2's built plus another 957 copies, covering 23 railroads. It was an extremely successful design. The USRA Heavy Mikados used pretty much the same running gear as the Light Mik's, but the boilers were 10 inches larger in diameter and they had larger cylinders as well. Tractive effort was about 10% higher for the heavy 2-8-2's.  

As for the USRA Light Mikados, the USRA built 625 total, with 641 copies built after the USRA ended control. With copies, over 50 railroads used the USRA Light 2-8-2's. 

BLI's models follow the original designs closely. Railroad specific variations are not modeled on these locomotives. In most instances we offer two locomotive numbers for each railroad, and we are offering a painted model (black) with no lettering.

Order Immediately - First Come, First Served

Expected Release: May 2017

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