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Streamlined Class K4 4-6-2 Pacific & 170P75 Tender w/Sound & DCC - Paragon3 -- Pennsylvania Railroad #3768 (1936; bronze, Low Keystone)
Broadway Limited Imports  |  SKU: 187-4433

Streamlined Class K4 4-6-2 Pacific & 170P75 Tender w/Sound & DCC - Paragon3 -- Pennsylvania Railroad #3768 (1936; bronze, Low Keystone)

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Status: ARCHIVED
Year Archived: 2026
SKU:

187-4433

Product Information

This HO Scale Streamlined Class K4 4-6-2 from Broadway Limited is ideal for your mid-1930s and later layout. A number of K4s locomotives had streamlining applied over the years. All were later removed, restoring the locomotives to their original appearance. In February 1936, locomotive 3768 was clad in a shroud designed by famed industrial designer Raymond Loewy. This highly concealing, enveloping streamlined casing hid most of the functionality of the steam locomotive, leading to its nickname of "The Torpedo" by train crews. At first, the locomotive was not painted in standard Dark Green Locomotive Enamel (DGLE) but instead in a bronze color. It was later refinished in DGLE. A matching tender ran on unusual six-wheel trucks. Like most streamlined steam locomotives, the shrouds impeded maintenance and the covers over the wheels were later removed. For a time, the locomotive was the preferred engine for the Broadway Limited train. This detailed streamlined K4 features