PRR postwar headlight question

You don't say if your loco is the scale version or the semi scale version, nor, provide any photos. If your engine is the semi scale version, I am sure that it will look too big.

PRR's postwar headlight was smaller than the earlier ones.  It also had the reflector exposed (sort of) at the rear whereas the early headlights had the reflector inside the overall headlight casting.  IIRC, 6200 always had the smaller postwar light.  Everything else ended up with a mix, even after the front end revisions which moved the light to the boiler top and the generator to the boiler front.

Just my opinion but, I would be really surprised if the PRR had different size headlights on their more modern, i.e. "post WWII" main line road locomotives. Remember, "The Standard RR" and their practices.

@Big Jim, @Larry Mullen states this is a postwar model, introduced as the 671, 681, 682, or 2020. None of these were scale, but compressed traditionally.

If @sharon.ottparts gets the website running again, I'd suggest taking a peruse to see if they made an elevated headlight boiler front like they did for the 671 lineage locomotives (See part 675gf-EB contrasted to 675-14d-EB and 675-14GK-EB for the original and raised lights):

http://pictures.olsenstoy.com/...bin150/Page0021.html

 Barrowing some of @RetroMikado's photos from this posting: https://ogrforum.com/...twar-675-boilerfront

Sorry, @bmoran4, the post war reference was meant for the actual PRR engines.  At some point after the war, PRR changed the headlight housings on some (?) of their steam engines.  

The model in question is the Lionel Legacy scale Turbine...I don't have the product number.  

For comparison, here is the M1b, K4 and the most recent Turbine that I did.  All are using the PSC (Precision Scale) Pennsy "modern" headlight.  I don't think it looks too big on the M1 or K4, but to me, it almost looks like a caricature (looking head on) on the Turbine.

After I did the M1b and K4, I bought Bill Brisko's PRR headlight and while it looks very, very similar to PSC's, I think it is about 95% of the size of the PSC version.  

As a side note, and sorry this is bleeding into another category, I did replace the smoke box front on the scale Lionel Turbine with one from PSC as well.  I couldn't stand Lionel's over sized hinges.

When I get home tonight, I'll post here a pic of the Precision Scale headlight as well as Bill Brisko's.

Thanks for the feedback...good or bad.

Looks a little too tall to me.

@Larry Mullen posted:

Sorry, @bmoran4, the post war reference was meant for the actual PRR engines. 

Context, context, context....

PSC vs. Bill Brisko's headlight.  The PSC has the flashing on the back.