HO Scale Plastic Model from Broadway Limited Imports
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
PRR J1 2-10-4 Steam Locomotive #6170

REMARKS ON J1 2-10-4

As the US entered World War II, the Pennsylvania found itself in the hot seat. With its strategic east-west mainline thundering with traffic, the road was in desperate need of an engine that could handle tough mountain grades and still hit high speeds on other routes. Since wartime restrictions wouldn't permit new designs, Pennsy tested locos from several roads and found what it needed in the C&O 2-10-4. By December of 1942, the first of the new J class rolled out of company shops at Altoona. Despite its Lima origins and many "nonstandard" (for Pennsy) appliances, the keystone numberplate and big 210-F-84 tender left no mistake who built and owned these behemoths! Ranked among the best of the Pennsy's big steam power, 125 were built when production ended in 1944.
 
Like the prototype, this model has a long wheelbase; it can be run on 18" radius curves, but 22" is recommended for best results.