SGL said, "Not>>>ALL<<< were rebuilt with new engine beds. I know for sure that there were two that were not, one of which is 2944 and I'm not sure of the other one. . ." Biernacki says, "In the spring of 1940, Erie initiated a major rebuild program that would include all 10 K5a and the lone K5b . . . only three of the original K5 group were rebuilt . . ." Since pictures abound of 2944 as rebuilt, I'll stick with Dan on this one: All ten K5a and the K5b (and three K5) were rebuilt. The rebuild often -- but not always -- included the change to VoxPok drivers. SGL may be thinking of 2938, which Dan says was the only engine to come out of rebuild with ALL spoked drivers. However, by 8/16/47, it had a BoxPok main driver. As far as I know, the Max Gray came, in both scales, with only the Delta trailing truck. Therefore, it is a K5a. The pumps on the front indicate a rebuild. To backdate it to a K5 takes a lot of work: change the drivers, if you need to and want spoked; move the pumps (getting rid of one in the process and mounting the other where the Elesco feed pump was); moving the Elesco pump; and changing the trailing truck -- which in O scale meant, when I did it, building one. I think it came with the fabricated valve gear hanger (or I changed it: it has one now). Big tender, little tender? Regular spoked drivers or the ones with the box spokes (hence the name)? Which number? When? Your choice. Randy Brown The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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