Rich
Thanks for the kind comments. I had forgotten about the coal tender review in the front of this topic. I surly remember the enjoyment making those Vanderbilt tenders.
It is funny how my purchase of a locomotive with a homemade closed cabin at a train show got me to thinking about forward cab locomotives. This lead to the need for an fuel oil tender of which I had two cheap ones laying around so I made a coupling for the front of the loco for the fuel oil tenders. This got me off my back end and deciding to make a long wanted homemade Vanderbilt tender, and then a longer one too.
I especially like tender and cabooses of the highly interesting steam age and do not think I would ever build a modern themed model railroad. And that is not even mentioning the coaling stations, watering tanks and round houses. This old steam age gear lets me research and learn more about that interesting part of railroad history. Scratch building and making cars is one my favorite part of the hobby of model trains.
Charlie
