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Reply to "1970's era Blue Comet Tender Issue"

Jim,

 

I wrote about this in a Collector's Gallery article when I discussed the 1978 Blue Comet set.  Would not be much to see, I simply removed the 2046 W "Lionel Lines"  tender shell from a PW tender by taking out one screw in the front of the tender and one screw in the rear. One other plus in operation comes from this change, you now have an operating coupler on the back of your tender.

 

I have a PW tender in the office and just tried it again.  Took out the two screws and removed the shell.

 

In the article, I simply placed the Blue Comet tender shell on the frame of the PW tender and it fit perfectly.  Can't remember if I even bothered to screw the shell to the PW tender frame.  I saved the MPC tender frame and SOS guts in case I ever want to revert the the tender back to its original configuration.

 

I have used the Blue Comet steamer with the PW tender frame for several years and the combination works well without the the SOS "static" noise to annoy me and the audience.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Ed Boyle

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