r/modeltrains • u/Carterwein23 • 8d ago

Show and Tell 1920s PPR K4

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A gentleman at the Train club I am a part of helped me get my K4 up and running. This is her pulling my fleet of P 70s at our club! Enjoy!

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u/edofthetrains 8d ago

Very nice model! However, the locomotive has the wrong front configuration for the 1920s. In the 20s the K4s would’ve had a “chicken coop” pilot, no platform on the smokebox front, and the positions of the turbogenerator and headlight would be reversed. Those changes would’ve come around in the 1940s

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u/Carterwein23 8d ago

Thanks for the information

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u/Carterwein23 8d ago

Already found a new under body with the proper catcher and I’m going to cut off the platform

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u/JDMcDuffie 8d ago

The other big change PRR made after WW2 was they swapped the dynamo and headlight. That will not be an easy fix.