Pennsylvania Railroad #2032
The Pennsylvania Railroad acquired its first 4-6-2, class "K4", in 1914. It wound up owning 424 of the Pacifics. They were predominantly used for passenger service. Because of their large number, the K4 became a very famous locomotive for the PRR. Most were built between 1917 and 1924, with the last batch of 100 being built in the late 1920's. As far as operation was concerned, the PRR used one K4 Pacific for up to 12 passenger cars, and double-headed them for 13 or more passenger cars. The prototype photo of #5470 shown here came from the Pennsylvania Railroad K4s Class Pacific web site. There are several photos in these great books of PRR Pacifics: "The History of the Pennsylvania Railroad", 1995, SmithMark Publishers, ISBN 0-8317-3787-5, pg 68-69; "The American Railroad", 1999, MBI Publishing Company, ISBN 0-7603-0512-9, pg 82; and "The Steam Locomotive - A Century of North American Classics", 2000, Barnes & Noble Books, ISBN 0-7607-1627-7, pg 50. THIS LOCOMOTIVE IS FOR SALE! (click here for more info)	Modifications Made Status Last Updated DCC Conversion Completed 11/22/2007 Install Z-scale Couplers Completed 12/02/2007

The model shown below is Model Power's first steam locomotive. The initial run of models in 2002 (the PRR model was not released then) had a fairly high failure rate. Our model was released in May of 2003. The models were built by Ajin Precision of Korea. They are known for making high-quality brass locomotives and cars. My opinion is that is it is an excellent runner. It is at least as good as the Kato Mikado, maybe even better. When I just pulled it out of storage after not running it for four years, it started up right away. I didn't even need to clean the wheels. Very impressive! The engine's all-metal construction and its heavy tender make for great traction. It came in a nice case and a simple parts diagram. The front coupler swings but is not operational. The rear coupler is the standard Rapido-type. The wires between the tender and the engine are hidden in the draw bar. There are a lot of cosmetic differences between the model and the typical PRR K4 prototypes, so some work will need to be done to make it more accurate. The model weighs 4.0oz (136g).