4-6-2 Steam Locomotives for Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

A.C. Gilbert

310

313, 315, 316

4-6-2

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

AF

1946

310, 313, 315, 316, 317

Die-cast

painted & lettered

AC

AF

General Wiring

Wiring Diagram for #310

Wiring Diagram for #312

Wiring Diagram for #312 SIT

Wiring Diagram for #312 AC

Wiring Diagram for #313

Parts Diagram

3D-printed pilot and cattle guard

The model was produced in 1946 and 1947, and possibly 1948. It has a diecast boiler and tender. The only operating feature was its functional headlight. There are three variations of #310. The 1946 model, shown in the photo, has "Pennsylvania" printed on the tender in silver and has thin-shank link couplers. The 1947 model has "American Flyer Lines" printed in silver on the tender with the PRR logo and has thick-shank link couplers. A third model thought to have been produced in 1948 has smoke and choo-choo and looks a lot like the 1947 model except it has a brass coupler weight. See second photo for the coupler comparisons. All of the #31x-series of locomotives have the distinctive PRR Belpaire firebox (squarish section in front of the cab).

A.C. Gilbert

312

4-6-2

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

K5

AF

1946

312

Die-cast

painted & lettered

AC

AF

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3D-printed pilot and cattle guard

This model was produced from 1946 through 1948 and again in 1951 and 1952. It features a diecast boiler and tender. The 1946 and 1947 models have lettering on the tender in silver and are the same as they were for #310. Those models also had the smoke and choo-choo sound unit located in the tender driven by a separate motor that allowed the unit to smoke and make the choo-choo sound while sitting in the parked position. In 1948 the lettering on the tender read "American Flyer Lines" and it was in white. That model had the smoke and choo-choo sound unit moved to the boiler. By doing so, Gilbert was able to utilize the drive motor to run the smoke and choo-choo unit. Because the smoke and choo-choo unit was now in the boiler, the reverse unit was moved to the tender and as such, the smoke and choo-choo unit could not work unless the engine was moving. There are five-reported variations of #312.

American Models

46201

4-6-2

1936

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

K4

S

2000

3768

Die-cast

painted & lettered

DC, AC-with-rectifier-board

scale or hi-rail

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Streamlined K4. This is bronze version which was painted for the 1936 World's Fair. The prototype engine was later repainted to PRR's standard Brunswick Green.

American Models

46202

4-6-2

1936

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

K4

S

2000

3768

Die-cast

painted & lettered

DC, AC-with-rectifier-board

scale or hi-rail

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Streamlined K4 (Brunswick Green).

American Models

46006PRR

4-6-2

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

K4

S

1995

5704

Die-cast

painted & lettered

DC, AC-with-rectifier-board

scale or hi-rail

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Midgage Models

1-100

4-6-2

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

K5

S

1947

Metal Kit

unpainted

DC

Photos posted by Carey Williams

This kit contained the A.C. Gilbert 4-6-2 superstructure, and a custom cast-brass chassis. The kit could be built into a complete, running model, including the cast-brass PRR tender trucks. It had a Pittman DC-91 motor.

Nixon Model Co (Nimco)

C-312

4-6-2

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

K5

S

1950

Conversion Kit

unpainted

American Flyer Conversion Instructions

Bill Lane's Article About His Model

Leonard Williams Posted Photos

This was not a complete kit. It provided the necessary parts to convert an A.C. Gilbert 4-6-2 into one that ran correctly on (then-)NMRA track gauge. The kit contained replacement wheels/axles for tender, pilot, and trailing trucks as well as scale drivers and axles. The axles had "D"-shaped ends, and the zamac driver centers had "D"-shaped openings to match. This design assured proper quartering. The modeler had to remove the AF drivers, axles, and worm gear, then use the reverse procedure to install the scale versions (applied using the jaws of a vice to keep the drivers perpendicular to the axles).

Omnicon Scale Models

1004, 1004P (painted)

Samhongsa, Korea

4-6-2

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

K4

S

1986

125

Brass

painted or unpainted

DC

scale

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S Scale Locomotive & Supply

4-6-2

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

K5

S

Craftsman Kit

unpainted

scale

Built by Bob Frascella.

Z & N Scale Tracks, Odds and Ends

4-6-2

1914

82'

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

K4

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S

3D-printed Plastic

unpainted

no chassis

This is a super-structure only without the smoke box front. The purpose is for the modeler to supply the additional details and to place this on top of a modeler-supplied chassis. It is not designed for any specific chassis.