Not a modeler, but in a weak moment, I bought an O-scale Westside/KTM UPRR 4-8-8-4, and have some questions about it. It appears to have been factory painted, or maybe custom painted, and it's flawless. It has a working head light, back up light, and marker lamps front and rear, and a quite detailed backhead. All drivers, trailing truck, and all tender axles are sprung, (maybe they're all that way). If you look down into the smoke box with a flashlight, you can see the end of a lead weight in the boiler, which makes the model very heavy. You can also see a sound card in there too. The card, is marked "PFM-03 (sound)", and has a small light bulb on it. On the bottom of the front engine frame, it has a printed paper sticker with just a date, that reads 3-25-94. I was wondering if anyone knew how to date these models by the number on the box, and stamping on the bottom of the frame, #3366 ? Any ideas ?
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