Reply to "O scale PRR mikado"

@CAPPilot posted:

To complicate things, the PRR had two Mikados.  The L1 was their own design with the Belpaire firebox of which they built 574, and the L2 USRA version where they bought 38 at the end of WW1 and then quickly sold 33 of them, leaving 5.  The scale K-Line is an L2 as well as all Lionel's PRR Mikados.

Almost everyone makes an L2 since it was a USRA design used by many roads.  The L1, being specific to the Pennsy, is harder to find.  MTH made an L1 as well as 3rd Rail, Weaver, Williams and some high end companies.

Here is a K-Line L2:

Here is a 3rd Rail L1.

Thank you for that piece of info! No doubt they both look great!