@bigkid posted:I have a question related to this: There are several connections between a tender and the engine, the drawbar, the brake line, oil supply lines I would assume (if oil fired), screw type coal delivery from tender to engine. Leaving out the obvious, where you have a coal fired engine and an oil fired tender, how interchangeable would tenders be (again, I realize it wasn't common).
I assume among a class of locos it would be doable, that the tender on a certain class of engine,like a NYC mikado, would work with another engine in the class, but what about between classes? For exampe, could a tender used on a NYC mikado be used on a Hudson? I would assume not, not just the drawbridge, but overhangs,etc between engine and tender might likely make that impossible, but was just curious.
Swapping tenders between different classes of locos depended upon whether the firing deck height was the same (or very close). Usually the firing deck height on passenger locos was higher because of their larger driver diameter than freight locos.
Stuart
