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I'm having forum member Alex_M upgrade two Weaver K4 engines so they can run double headed for a passenger train.  He asked about what type of lights I wanted on it which got me thinking about what I really needed on them.

The Pennsy stopped using classification lights prior to WWll, so for my late 40s era no green or white lights will be added.  Red marker lights on the tender were only used if the engine was on the back of the train (pusher), and very seldom would the front red marker lights mounted on the boiler be used (pushing in reverse?).  So I think for running my K4 double headed consist pulling a passenger train only the lead engine's headlight would be on, all other lights would be off.  After some thought I told Alex to not bother with marker lights.

I watch the videos posted here and I see green lights on the front and red lights on the tender always on.  What are your thoughts?  Would you want to have classification and/or marker lights on even if not "prototypical"?  

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Didn't the PRR simply change the marker light style post WWII on the K4?  Granted lit markers are more of a model train thing than a prototype thing whether they were on the locomotive whether lit or not.

Williams K4 - Prewar Markers.  Note the color should be amber front and rear and red to the side per PRR standard practice.

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Sunset - Postwar K4 with simplified marker.  Should be amber also.

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Personally?  I don't mind them lit.  It is fun to see it.  I can suspend reality for something like that.

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