American Models 4-6-2: Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) #3768
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
American Models
Manufacturer ID:
46202
Prototype Info
Category:
4-6-2
Year/Era:
1936
Road Name:
Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Class:
K4
Model Info
Gauge:
S
Introduced:
2000
Road Number:
3768
Product Type:
Die-cast
Finish:
painted & lettered
Power:
DC, AC-with-rectifier-board
Wheels:
scale or hi-rail
Supplemental:
Online Article:
Notes:
Streamlined K4 (Brunswick Green).
(image copyright © Bill Lane; used by permission)
Bill modified his engine by removing the smoke unit to be able to use a TSC decoder and Soundtraxx Current Keeper, as well as a RailMaster DLG8 speaker. He replaced the tender wheels with code 110 NWSL wheels, because he found the original wheels to cause a short (a no-no for DCC).
(image copyright © Rich Gajnak; used by permission)
(image copyright © Bill Lane; used by permission)
(image copyright © Bill Lane; used by permission)
Running the engine, which has been converted to DCC.
Fred van der Lubbe running his engine on his garden layout.
Running on Chris Monje's layout.
The engine pulling a Halloween train.