Big Jim posted:Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:Curious question, would crosshead guides have been retrofitted on steam engines? I tried(real quickly) looking at pics of 603 and it is hard to see anything conclusive. Maybe they popped them on some time later?
Not sure what you are asking here Dave.
The 600 - 604 were built with multiple bearing crossheads. They kept them for their entire life.
605 -613 were built with Alligator crossheads and kept them their entire life.
There was no swapping out between the two.
Well Big Jim, that answers the question. You always here things about equipment being retrofitted with something that wasn't on the original design. The retrofitting usually in more recent times other than buying completely new equipment is mostly for safety reasons. I sort of doubted that this would be the case but figured I'd ask for clarification.
It would be nice if they would have the model completely like the real deal, but you know how that goes. One thing also that is not listed are drop plates. I had said yesterday on one of the Hudson topics that there is no indication if they would have them or not as it isn't listed. The VL Niagara has a drop plate, the Berks, and I believe the S3 from the most recent catalogs but it does not state that anywhere in the catalog.
I suppose that if we wanted to know if the 600 and 603 were going to have the correct crossheads, we'd have to talk to Dave and see if he would be able to answer that. Sorry to ramble it bit.
Thanks for the information Big Jim. 
