Geezer replied:
*** the later 2036, 2016, 2018, 2029, and 2037 loco's, all of which shared the same basic boiler casting and mechanism. The later engines all used a cheaper sheet metal inside-bearing 4 wheel trailing truck, makeing the locos into 2-6-4's. Lionel fans compensate for this error by calling the 675, 2025, 2035 series of locos the "K-4 Pacifics", even though these locos also were originally 2-6-2's and became 2-6-4's in later production. Gary Q
-------------------------------------------------- And yet, the "real" K-4 Pacifics were 4-6-2's. I always liked the old Lionel crossing gate and railroad crossing flasher that were way oversided. I once thought of getting an HO scale one and using it on my N scale layout to create the same effect.
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