Historic Era

[wmsuggs]

I got a 0-6-0 Union Pacific Locomotive with Slope tender for Christmas and I can't find what era this model was made or used. I would like to maybe build my layout and scenery for this era. It was the Pacific Flyer Prod. # 00692. Any help would be appriciated. I am so excited to get started as I am new to the hobby and want to take my time and do it right.

Thanks,

Wes

[ACY]

The time you would be modeling would be from about 1920 to 1940, or possibly to 1945, but this loco was only used as a switcher and did not run on the mainlines, so maybe buy a few turnouts and do some switching. Many will built by the government during WWI.

[Pacific Northern]

Union Pacific ran their 0-6-0 switchers until 1954, the first UP 0-6-0 switchers were built in 1901 by Baldwin

The Bachmann 0-6-0 switcher appears to be the USRA 0-6-0

The USRA switcher was developed in 1918. There were  10 allocated to the Union Pacific and were numbered 4600-4609. Many copies were made for Union Pacific after.