GG1 4877 posted:rex desilets posted:GG1 4877 posted:rex desilets posted:A note of caution about the Legacy K-4: if it's from the same dies as the original Lionel K-4 the firebox is wrong-too long.
Best bet, if you want a K-4 to super-detail, would be the 3rd Rail K-4. It's also scare as hen's teeth.Rex - Are you referring to the High Iron version from 2004?
Yes.
Calling it a High Iron locomotive would possibly confuse the non-cognoscenti
True. Even calling High Iron a series is problematic since the K4 was the only one in the series. I have both numbers in the post war 2 rail version. The detail is very good, but when I saw the mods that Bob Heil did to his, I realize there is still work to be done on them.
As I recall there was also a 2-6-0 of some sort.
I bought a pre-War version first and then found a post-War. The pre-War is an anacronism for me; may have to modernize it at some infinitely far date.
Got to contact Heil and see what magic he performed.
