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Re: Unusual tender
Author: Wayne Cohen
Date: 04-20-2016 - 09:09

Here's some info on the tender, posted to Train Orders by Martin Hansen:

Date: 06/05/12 14:09
Re: 2-8-2 #5
Author: LoggerHogger

You are right Phil. The tender came from the NWP in California. They had diaphragm buffers on some of their tenders. This helps stabilize the passenger car coupled to the rear of the tender.

Martin



Ed Workman Wrote:
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> Whoooa
> Very Cool
> Harriman Std ca 1904
> I'd guess it was born behind a UP [ that is OR&N
> or OSL etc] 4-4-2 and hid in MoW service for a few
> decades
>
> IIRC it was assumed the tender would stabilize the
> first car- and that turned out to be untrue.
> I wonder where I got that notion
> I also wonder if there is still the plate on the
> sill that shows tender class and id number
> If SP it probly can be traced a bit, If UP I
> dunno
> Or maybe someone with the present owner could tell
> us

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  Unusual tender sp1269 04-19-2016 - 18:54
  Re: Unusual tender Jim700 04-19-2016 - 19:12
  Re: Unusual tender Ed Workman 04-20-2016 - 08:18
  Re: Unusual tender Wayne Cohen 04-20-2016 - 09:09
  Re: Unusual tender Craig Tambo 04-21-2016 - 05:32
  Re: Unusual tender LJOHNSON 04-21-2016 - 10:15


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