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Can anyone tell me what this Pennsylvania tender went to? There's no road number or any other markings besides PRR and Lionel on the tender frame. Because of the tether, I'm guessing it was made in the 1990's. I bought a bunch of trains and this tender was in the deal. There are no steam locomotives in the lot, so I have no idea what it went with. Also, is there a way I can test any of the sounds without it plugged into a locomotive? The male tender tether came with the female board. Can I apply power to any of the wires to make any sounds happen?

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It appears to have its own pickup rollers. In the signal sound position you should get background sounds plus whistle and bell using the buttons on the transformer. maybe even chuff if it has a magnet on a tender axle. In the Railsounds position you should get background sounds. Any other sounds would require a TMCC engine. 

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WftTrains posted:

Sam:

I thought I had the answer for you as it very closely resembles the tender that came with my Lionel #6-38089 Pennsy K-4 (cab #3678) which was a 2004 product with command control.  However, upon closer look, I see several differences so you can rule out that engine.

Bill

Bill,

Except for the color, this tender looks a lot like your 6-38089. If you put just your tender disconnected from the locomotive on the track and power it up, will it make any sounds at all? Some idle sounds or even will the whistle work? Mine doesn't make a peep, but I'm not sure if that means it's dead or not.

Sam:

As requested I tested the tender by itself and got no sounds at all.  I tested it in 4 different configurations: in Conventional Mode using a postwar ZW with the switch on the bottom of the tender in the “Rail sounds” position first and then in the “Signal sounds” position, second.  Then I repeated those tests in the TMCC Command mode using a CAB-1.  In addition the coupler did not open in command mode when the rear coupler key was pressed on the CAB-1.  And just to be sure it was OK, before these tests without the engine, I ran it with the engine in command mode and the sounds and coupler worked perfectly. 

I’m sure it’s a different tender than yours.  As indicated previously this tender came with the command- controlled traditional sized K-4 engine catalog #6-38089 (cab #3678) in 2004. 

HTH,

Bill

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