PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD K4s CLASS PACIFIC

As you may know there are two K4s's, #1361 and #3750 that survived. Both are pictured just below during their years in regular service. Number 1361 is presently being rebuilt from the ground up in the shops at Steamtown in Scranton Pa. Major work has already been accomplished. A new Backhead Plate, Smoke Box, Boiler Repairs and the like have been completed. With more Grant Funding in hand it is hopeful she will be completed and see the rails again sometime in the year 2001. (Update: Restoration continues on the K4s. Drivers have been shipped out for repair and other work on the Boiler is ongoing. Completion date is unknown. Lots of work remains, but 1361 will see the rails again, thanks to the volunteers who are making this possible). The other remaining K4s, #3750, is on static display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Pa. She has been cosmeticaly restored. That is it. Only 2 of the 425 that were built.

#1361 #3750