Pere Marquette USRA Light 2-8-2 #2378, Bachmann 54401 Questions

[Searsport]

Hi, When I look on locobase I see that the PM did indeed get 30 USRA light Mikados, but they numbered them 1011 - 1040. In fact they numbered all of their Mikados in the 1001 - 1099 series. http://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&wheel=2-8-2&railroad=pm#  All 30 of the The USRA light 2-8-2s served the PM from 1920 to 1951, and so are a useful and representative engine for a not often represented RR. Does anyone know why Bachmann have numbered their example #2379? Is this just an error, or did the PM re-number them, and if so does anyone know the operative date? Looking on the PM Historical Society website I don't see any steam locos with numbers higher than the 1339 http://www.pmhistsoc.org/stmrostr.shtml

The other PM loco in the Bachmann range is the Berkshire, and the numbers Bachmann have used, #1218 (DCC) #1225 (DCC + Sound), are correct, though Bachmann have lettered both 1218 and 1225 in yellow as per the preserved #1225 which Bachmann could, and presumably did, go and look at, though the also preserved #1223 is lettered in white, so I am not quite sure which is correct for an in-service PM engine in the 1920 - 1950 period and if that also changed, and if so the operative dates.

I would be grateful for any info from those who know!
Best Regards,
Bill.

 

[RAM]

That is a C&O number.  I guess they could have renumbered without changing the name, but I would think that they were changed to C&O at the same time.

[Searsport]

Hi RAM, thanks. That would also make it post-1947, if it ever happened.

Best Regards,
Bill.