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PRR K4s .... Who made this example?

FM Former Member

Oyez oyez oyez. All ye eminent model ferroequinologists come gather round and discuss my latest brick. Said brick is an early model of a PRR K4s. Some say it is a Scale-Craft ( view

http://www.tcawestern.org/scale-craft.htmto check the Scale-Craft brochure). Others say it  is a Hines (Heinz (Ketchup??)). I have no idea who made it but, suffice it to say that I bought it because I liked it. For its time it seems to be a very presentable locomotive. Can you please give me some guidance? I think the unit is pre-war, possibly in the 30's. One thing of interest, the last few photos show a shroud casting over the worm gear. I have never seen this before in any other model. This might be distinctive enough to identify the manufacturer. The engine is a fast runner.

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T t610OGR Forum Member
The votes are in and its Sears And Roebuck. Imported out around Saragossa
1829.
 
 
Originally Posted by John McEnerney:

Oyez oyez oyez. All ye eminent model ferroequinologists come gather round and discuss my latest brick. Said brick is an early model of a PRR K4s. Some say it is a Scale-Craft ( view

http://www.tcawestern.org/scale-craft.htmto check the Scale-Craft brochure). Others say it  is a Hines (Heinz (Ketchup??)). I have no idea who made it but, suffice it to say that I bought it because I liked it. For its time it seems to be a very presentable locomotive. Can you please give me some guidance? I think the unit is pre-war, possibly in the 30's. One thing of interest, the last few photos show a shroud casting over the worm gear. I have never seen this before in any other model. This might be distinctive enough to identify the manufacturer. The engine is a fast runner.

 

B bob2OGR Forum Member

Yes, but heavily modified.

 

The identifying features include that rear axle gear (the best ones had the center axle driven), the locomotive frame, and the cylinder block. There were no rivets on a genuine Scale Craft tender or cab - or for that matter, anywhere.  The builder assembled the boiler, so the firebox angles can vary.

 

And while I was under the impression that the graceful taper of the boiler was prototypical, one of our fellow posters assured me that the real K-4 boiler has a short cylindrical section just ahead of the firebox.

 

Finally, in that link appears a photo of one of my locomotives (the Tuscan K4).  I don't mind, but they should give me credit.  It is my work, and my photo.

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