K&L welcomes the NKP 765 masquerading as C&O 2765, along with a set of CSX Business Cars!
Includes: Engine, Tender, Aux Tender, Tool Car and (9) CSX Business Cars
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K&L welcomes the NKP 765 masquerading as C&O 2765, along with a set of CSX Business Cars!
Includes: Engine, Tender, Aux Tender, Tool Car and (9) CSX Business Cars
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In the first 28 years of the Collis P. Huntington Chapter of the NRHS’ sponsored New River trains, many different locomotives, both steam and diesel, powered the trips, but only 1 of the steam engines was actually a C&O locomotive, #614. Two other steam engines bearing the markings of the C&O have graced the rails of the Hinton Division. Reading T1 2101 dressed up in Chessie System colors for the Chessie Steam Special in 1977 and 1978 was one…and the other wasn’t so extravagant….at least at first it wasn’t.
In early 1993, a simple idea was tossed around of adding a 2 to the NKP 765, giving her an authentic C&O Kanawha running number for the annual New River Trips coming up that October. That simple idea grew to maybe reletting the tender. Eventually it was decided to lower the headlight, add a radiator cover in-between the front air compressors, and add C&O to the sand dome. With the exceptions of the sand dome and steam domes being reverse, not having a cast pilot and the larger cab, the 765 took on the appearance of a C&O K-4 Kanawha. And thus, the 2765 was re-born.
From June through October of 1993, the 2765 heading many excursions throughout Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, and finally the 2 weekends of annual New River Trips from Huntington to Hinton, WV on the old C&O Hinton Division that October. This would not only be the last season that the 765 would power the New River Trips, but the final season of her operation in general. After accumulating 115,000 miles since the NKP’s last major overhaul in the late 1950’s (52,000 miles of that since her restoration to excursion service in 1979), the 765 was showing signs of wear and was sidelined for running gear work. Unable to have the engine ready the following year, Milwaukee Road 261 filled in for 765 and pulled the 1994 New River Trains. This turned out to be the final year of steam power on the C&O Hinton division, and on CSX trackage anywhere.
C&O #2765 set includes: Engine, Tender, Aux Tender, Tool Car and (9) CSX Business Cars
by Steve Lerro
K&L welcomes the Southern Ks Consolidation to the K&L Roster!
Includes: (6) Engines, (5) Tenders and (3) Aux Tenders, as well as (5) TVRM Passenger Cars and (4) various other passenger cars!
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Locomotives 630 and 722 were part of the Southern Railways Ks Consolidation class. 630 was built in February of 1904 by Alco (Richmond Works), and 722 was built in September of 1904 by Baldwin. Although built by different locomotive works, both locomotives were relatively identical in design with the exception of a few cosmetic changes. They sat on (8) 56″ drivers, powered by 24×30 cylinders, and carried boiler pressures of 200psi, producing 46,700 lbs of tractive effort. They were used on the Southern’s Murphy Branch between Murphy, NC and Asheville, NC. Both engines were retired in 1952 and were eventually sold to the ET&WNC and renumbered to 207 (630) and 208 (722).
The ET&WNC utilized them until 1967 when they were sold back to the Southern Railway to become staples in the newly formed Southern Steam Program. Receiving their old numbers again, 630 began pulling excursions in February of 1968, and 722 returned in July of 1970. 630 retained her black paint scheme, while 722 acquired the famed Southern Crescent Green scheme, matching fellow excursion engine 4501. Both engines were utilized fairly heavily until 1980 when they were loaned to the Tennessee Valley Railroad, having been replaced by larger locomotives CP 2839, T&P 610 and C&O 2716.
722 remained at the TVRM until 1992 when she was moved to Asheville, NC and put on display. She was sold to the Great Smokey Mountains Railroad in 2000 and remains there awaiting a future restoration. 630 was donated to the TVRM in 1999 and remains there pulling excursions on the TVRM line. In 2011, 630 kicked off the new Norfolk Southern 21st Century Steam Program pulling mainline excursions over the NS system.
Southern Ks Consolidation Megapack set includes:
by Steve Lerro
The Holiday Season has arrived!
For a limited time, K&L Trainz is offering Gift Cards of various values!
*Please note: A gift card code will be emailed to the recipient. It will not be listed in your K&L Trainz account, so please save the gift card code. You can add your gift card code towards your purchase when viewing your cart.
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The Holiday Season has arrived!
For a limited time, K&L Trainz is offering Gift Cards of various values!
*Please note: A gift card code will be emailed to the recipient. It will not be listed in your K&L Trainz account, so please save the gift card code. You can add your gift card code towards your purchase when viewing your cart.
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K&L welcomes the B&M P4 Heavy Pacific to the K&L Roster!
Includes: (3) Engines and Tenders, as well as (2) Baggage Cars and (2) American Flyer Coaches
Features:
Cost is $12
An arrangement was made with the Project3713 so that part of each sale will be donated towards the restoration of the real #3713 at Steamtown.
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The Boston & Maine placed an order with the Lima Locomotive Works for (5) 4-6-2 class P4a heavy pacifics in December of 1934. Numbered 3710-3714, they were equipped with 80″ drivers, a large firebox and massive boiler, allowing them to easily cruise at 70+ mph with a 14 car train. The P4a’s were delivered with smoke deflectors and partial sky-lining over part of the boiler. Like most engines with sky-lining, it was found to be problematic when needing to service the areas covered over, so the sky-lining was eventually removed. A second group of pacifics were ordered in 1937. These were the last 4-6-2 pacifics built by Lima. They were numbered 3715-3719, and were delivered with smoke deflectors, but without the sky-lining. Upon the delivery of the last locomotive, the B&M held a contest at all the local schools to allow the students to pick names for the (10) P4 pacifics. The names selected were: #3710 – Peter Cooper, #3711 – Allagash, #3712 – East Wind, #3713 – The Constitution, #3714 – Grey Lock, #3715 – Kwasind, #3716 – Roger’s Ranger, #3717 – Old North Bridge, #3718 – Ye Salem Witch and #3719 – Camels Hump. Each engine’s name was diplayed along the locomotives running boards on a plaque also displaying the student’s name and the school they attended. This same process would be repeated again when naming the B&M’s (18) 4-8-2 R class locomotives. All the P4 locomotives were delivered with a single air compressor mounted on the pilot, and were painted in standard black with white trim on the running boards, along with the white rectangular B&M herald on the tender. In the early 1940s, the B&M borrowed a number of passenger cars from the PRR, resulting in the B&M deciding to change their passenger car scheme from Pullman Green to the PRR’s Tuscan Red. A new paint scheme was also adapted to all the steam locomotives, the running board trim was now red, and the cab and tender lettering was now an Italic font in yellow cream with a red shadow behind, named “Speed Lettering”. In the 1945, a second air compressor was added to each of the engines. Towards the end of the 1940’s as diesels arrived, the P4’s were bumped from express trains to commuter service. They were found to be unsuited for this kind of service, and were eventually scrapped in 1953. Only (2) of the P4’s serviced the scrappers torch, #3713 and 3714.
In 1954, #3713’s tender was scrapped, along with locomotive #3714. So #3713 was paired up with the 3714’s tender. Together they were fired up in early 1956 to be use a snow melter. Her final run was on April 22, 1956, where she was assigned to pull the B&M’s final steam powered revenue passenger train, named “The Farewell to Steam”. The sold out trip was ran from Boston to Portland, with a stop in Dover for a photo runby. After the Farewell to Steam, #3713 was sold to F. Nelson Blount and was moved to Vermont to join his Steamtown collection.
Today, the 3713 is in Scranton, PA, still with the Steamtown Collection. A group named “Project 3713” is currently restoring the engine to operating condition.
An arrangement was made with Project 3713 so that part of each sale of the K&L 3713 set will be donated towards #3713’s restoration.
B&M P4 Pacific set includes: (3) Engines and Tenders, (2) Baggage cars, and (2) American Flyer coaches
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