Pennsylvania Railroad 1737 was a 4-6-2 Pacific type K4 class steam locomotive built in 1914 as the first of its class and would haul heavier passenger trains that the smaller E class 4-4-2 Atlantics could not handle such as the PRR's flagship passenger train, the Broadway Limited.

The PRR inherited twelve "Pacific" locomotives when the railroad absorbed the Vandalia Line, in 1917. These ALCO built 4-6-2 locomotives weighed 263,000 pounds and had 80" drivers, 24 x 26 cylinders, a 200 psi boiler pressure and they exerted 31,824 lbs of tractive effort.

Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1737, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during May of 1914, renumbered "3750" in 1956, and retired in February of 1960 after 46 …

2020年1月27日 · PRR 1737, built in 1914, was the first of the road’s 425 class K4s 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotives. Built until 1928, the K4s worked passenger trains all across the vast system, the last ones being retired in 1957 when PRR ended steam usage.

The Pennsylvania Railroad K4 was a class of 425 4-6-2 steam locomotives built between 1914 and 1928 for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), where they served as the primary mainline passenger steam locomotives on the entire PRR system until late 1957.

Pennsylvania Railroad 1737 was a 4-6-2 Pacific type K4 class steam locomotive built in 1914 as the first of its class and would haul heavier passenger trains that the smaller E class 4-4-2 Atlantics could not handle such as the PRR's flagship passenger train, the Broadway Limited.

2025年2月16日 · Strasburg's 3750 was given this number for a time after retirement. The original 1737 sat at Northumberland, PA. back in the late 1950's as did most of the collection of PRR. …

K4s #3750, a 1920 product of PRR's Juniata Shops, masquerades as the first K4 – #1737. She got her original number back when she moved to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Pa.

The real 3750 was so worn out at her time of retirement, that not even the PRR shops could save her. 1737 was in much better shape and was given 3750's number plates and other identifying items to stand in her place in history.

2025年2月5日 · Featuring all of the craftsmanship and detail that make an M.T.H. steam locomotive the industry's best value, your K-4s will quickly find a home on your layout or in your collection for years to come. Did You Know? No. 1737 was the first K-4 produced for the Pennsylvania Railroad.