Re: Camelback Tenders whalebacks
Author: Ed Workman
Date: 09-08-2017 - 07:46
Since I regained conciousness and remembered whalebacks........
SP built a tankcar [CS24 ca 1901]in that shape as an attempt to lower the center of gravity. It wasn't duplicated.
The A-2 Atlantics of 1902 came with whalebacks.
THe A-2s were compound and connected to the front drivers- not a pretty combination, but the whaleback tender made the A-2 appearance fascinating- like an automobile collision you just can't help looking at.
Other small engines got whalebacks, like 2-8-0s and some single tenders were apparently built- possibly for replacement of rectangular tenders as oil replaced coal. The original MCs [1909]came with rectangular tenders, but soon the whaleback design was enlarged specifically for the later orders. The Cabfirst MC-2s [1910] also came with rectangular tenders
Yes they could be seen decades later behind many kinds of engines.
The Vanderbilt era started about 1904-1905 on the SP via Associated Line designs.
Before that switchers, that is 0-6-0s, were equipped with slope-backs of small capacity.
I may remember that a few 4-6-0s in Oakland Commute service used slopebacks as well, but I am possibly slipping back into a coma