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@Sam Jumper posted:

I was at the NYC museum in Elkhart, Indiana. I think the Lionel Conrail tender is based on the auxiliary tender behind the Mohawk in Elkhart. Here’s a picture I took of the coal bunker of that tender. During the Chessie steam special, what was this area used for? Coal? Water or oil in back?

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It was likely used for tool storage. This is the case for the coal bunkers with many auxiliary tenders today, including the Vanderbilt tender with 2100 which I am involved with. The water space was kept a water space, of course.

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@Gpritch posted:


It amazes me that something like this makes it into production while the Reading & Northern Aux tender was cancelled.  Fantasy vs Reality.  Oh well!

@david1 posted:

Now that would have been better!

Dave

What generated enough pre-orders to justify production got made.  Most times if something got cancelled it was because not enough people ordered it.  These tenders also had an advantage, all 6 offerings were the same base model, just got different pad printings for the sides.

The tender appears to be decorated with the new UV Ink Jet printing similar to what Lionel uses on USA made production.  So they can customize smaller runs.  I could be wrong but it has that look for the white.  Very well done though.  I am sure the Chinese factories have the ink jet printers...I know MTH does and showed it in a video.  Saves from having to tool up the pad printing plate.

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It’s too bad that Conrail rejected Ross’s proposal. Yet, Conrail allowed other steam operators to run excursions on their tracks like Rail Tours #972, BM&R, Strasburg, etc. in the 1980’s. And that Dick Sanborn passed before a Conrail steam program could become reality. I’m guessing that Dave LeVan, Conrail’s final CEO before the split wasn’t too thrilled with steam on Conrail so there were almost no steam excursions on Conrail in the 90’s. Chessie and Southern, then NS in 1982 had CEO’s who were big steam fans, and were willing to have corporate steam programs. Sanborn was at Seaboard when the 614 excursions ran in Florida in winter 1980-1981 and he was more than happy to host them. But, CSX 1995 and up has been anti steam until recently when they at least funded steam locomotive restorations and towed them to their restoration sites. I think the days of corporate steam programs is over, except for UP. NS stopped their 21st Century program a few years ago. It’s too much hassle anymore for class 1’s who are in the shipping business, not the entertaining the public business. The future of steam is to own the track you run on or find a friendly railroad who will let you run.

I think it was just more so that 2101 was caught in that infamous roundhouse fire in ‘78 and that pretty much killed her running career to do any more excursions. Real shame, nonetheless, since that would’ve been a striking paint job.

I kind of regret not preordering this engine and its add-ons since most of the reviews on them have been very positive.

If anyone posts videos on this auxiliary tender in action, it might convince me to purchase this as well as the locomotive itself!

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