Lionel 2562092 HO Scale 2-8-4 Berkshire Steam Loco Pere Marquette 1223 - DC GS01 and loose dirt

and loose dirt

And with its smaller frame

9" Bronze turbine-style wheels

as some of the protoypes were still in service into the late 1980s

Lionel 2562092 HO Scale 2-8-4 Berkshire Steam Loco Pere Marquette 1223 - DC GS01 and loose dirtLionel 2562092 HO Scale 2 8 4 Berkshire Steam Loco Pere Marquette 1223 DC The Pere Marquette knew a good thing when they found it and went to Lima five times for Berkshires between 1937 and 1944. Despite 1225's later fame in both excursion and fictional passenger service, the Berks were freight only locomotives on account of their weight, not their potential. All 39 Berks found plenty of work hustling fast freights across Michigan in the busy 1940s.