I am going to be asking this on a few other sites. Recently acquired a Hallmark KCS 2-10-4, of maybe, the most recent vintage, as it has a modern looking box label. I'm not sure what version it is. It is numbered 905, which would make it a coal burner. It came with an oil tender with wear on the wheels--loco shows no wear. ,. Looked at a picture of a Div Pnt first run 2-10-4 #900-oil fuel. The differences I see are: KCS on cab--road nr on tender--sand lines covered--large pipe running from smokebox to turret--flat cab vents-- mine has number on cab--KCS & herald on tender (I have seen this lettering on another loco.)--exposed sand lines--no large pipe--boxed cab vents-- Hallmark marketed these as 900-909. The entire series of coal and oil KCS 2-10-4s. Mine also has a single shorter pipe under the firebox--I placed this under the fireman's side, while repairing shipping damage, and looking at DP's model, this appears to be correct. So, what do I have-- an outshopped version with lagging removed and other changes--production changes made by KCS to the later, coal versions? Any ideas?
