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As with Lionel electric motor models each steam engine model of Lionel bore resemblance to a variety of steam locomotives, most notably of the New York Central (NYC) and Pennsylvania Rail Road (PRR) Lines. Starting in 1937 the models were more detailed since die-cast moulding was introduced instead of tinplate. In the following we will try to show the Lionel steam engine models and their closest real-world steam engine side by side:

Categorization	Real-World Model	O Gauge Model		Standard Gauge Model
Pennsy A5		X		#5 and #51
Pennsy D14a		X		#6
K1a (Mogul class)		#257/258		#384
New York Central Pacific/Mikado		#261/262		#390
Chesapeake & Ohio Pacific (with Vanderbilt oil tender)		#260/263		X
PRR Pacific K4s		#224/229		X
Santa Fe Pacific (Southern PS-4)		#225		X
PRR later Pacific		#249		#385
PRR later Pacific		X		#392
PRR Mountain		#259 (new #258)		#1835
NYC Hudson J1e		#226		X
NYC Commodore Vanderbilt (J1a, Hudson type)		#264		X
NYC Commodore Vanderbilt (J1a, Hudson type)		#265		X
NYC Commodore Vanderbilt (J1a, Hudson type)		#265		X
NYC Mercury (J3a, Hudson type)		#265		X
Milwaukee Hiawatha (Hudson type)		#250E		X
PRR Torpedo (ATSF 3460, Hudson type)		#238		X
Dreyfuss (J3a, Hudson type)		#221		X
Lima Berkshire		#726 (#736 without Baldwin discs)		X
PRR S-2 Turbine		#671 (#681, #682)		X
Baltimore & Ohio Mountain (with Vanderbilt oil tender)		X		#400

Scale locomotives:

Categorization	Real-World Model	O Gauge Model
Switcher (with slopeback tender)		#203, #227
NYC Hudson J1e		#700E

Related Ives and American Flyer locomotives:

Categorization	Real-World Model	Standard Gauge Model
Baltimore & Ohio Washington Class		Ives #1122/1134 resp. American Flyer #4460/4464

Unless depicted otherwise, all real-world locomotive images on this page are from the great guys at railfan.net and wikipedia.