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I have owned this Postwar 675 for quite awhile now, and recently I have noticed something strange about it. While it seems original in every way, it has a different headlight from every other postwar 675 I've seen! The headlight on my engine seems to look far more realistic (and yes, it is functional) than the original Lionel one seen on most 675 engines. My question is...what is this boiler front? Was this done by Lionel? It appears to be a real postwar 675 boiler front, so where did this headlight variation come from? Thanks for the help!20180321_10224020180321_10222120180321_10220620180321_10223320180321_102221

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mikey posted:

I don't Believe that 675s came with four wheel rear trucks and I have never seen that boiler front.Does that engine have magnetraction,that wheel type might be from 1952.

Mikey

Apart From the Boilerfront, I believe she is all original. This is a G-Variant engine, to quote from Tandem-Associates website "This variation was issued in 1952, during the Korean War, and does not have Magnetraction. Nor does it have the "Baldwin Disc" driving wheels that were on the previous issues. The main driving wheels are spoked, there is a four wheeled stamped sheet metal trailing truck, and it came with a No. 2046Wtender that had bar-end trucks with one magnetic coupler. This variation is slightly harder to find". It explains everything except the different Boilerfront

Rusty Traque posted:

It's not Lionel's doing.  It appears the original owner removed (cut, ground, filed) the original headlight off and put another one on.  Probably either a Lobaugh or All-Nation part.

Rusty

That makes sense! Frankly, whoever did it, I'm glad they did! I LOVE the look of it. Looks so much more like a real K4. Thank you for your input! Hopefully some other forum members can confirm this hypothesis

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