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       Lionel steam engine from my childhood
       By: dwhite Date: September 21, 2013, 7:47 am
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       when we were kids in the early '50's my older brother had a
       Lionel steam engine and a whistling tender. the thing I remember
       is that the red keystone on the front of the boiler had
       intertwined "PRR" lettering. All the pictures of engines I've
       seen posted on line have numerals, not lettering, on the
       keystone. Is my imagination playing tricks on me, or was there
       an actual steam engine model that had that type of keystone?
       that engine is long gone, unfortunately, but my brother is still
       around and I'd like to get him that model engine as a present,
       so please don't tell me it's now a rare collector's item worth
       thousands of smackers.  ;)
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       Re: Lionel steam engine from my childhood
       By: djacobsen Date: September 21, 2013, 11:37 am
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       Hello & Welcome to the Forum.
       I did a little searching and found 4 Post War Locomotives that
       fit your description:
       681 & 671      6-8-6 PRR Pennsylvania Steam Turbine
       2035      2-6-4  K-4 Pacific
       2025     2-6-2  K-4 Pacific
       There are no doubt others,
       Colombia/Scout in the 2-4-2 wheel arrangement.
       The 2035 is the difficult one to find, but all  of them should
       be available at one of the online auction sites.
       Good Luck!
       Dave
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