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@scale rail posted:Guys we are getting off subject here. My original question was " Would't it be great for Lionel to offer coal or oil tenders?" The Pacific Steam engine would be a good example. Pacific's ran with coal and oil depending on the road. I'm from the West coast so I always liked oil tenders more than coal. Don
Whether Lionel offers a coal or oil tender is a question that is very different from whether it offers a Vanderbilt tender... I've just finished researching the subject by looking through two reference books that I have with typical collections of steam locomotive photos'.
It is quite clear that the majority of Vanderbilt tenders were coal tenders. Look at most B&O engines. The Erie had them on their Pacifics. CN was suing them on locomotives built as late as 1944. All were coal.
Oil burners were not all using Vanderbilt's, I think not even a majority. Look at Santa Fe and Frisco, both mainly oil burners in Texas and west. All straight tenders.
SP's cab forwards all had straight tenders.
