Wow! I can recall being thrilled that boxcars actually HAD a build-by date
Just goes to show that the hobby is composed of folks with very different priorities and interest in prototypical accuracy. I think everyone appreciates information, but how it is expressed does make a difference. If the potential "error" is pointed out without a suggestion of implied criminal behavior on the part of the manufacturer and righteous indignation, no one gets all that agitated about the comments 
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@RickO posted:Two Lionel standard 6 axle hudson tenders:
Heck, I thought this was an eye test. Font sizes are different. At first in thought the ladders were in different spots, silly me.
I was told there would be no math.
Paul
I never cease to be amazed at how you guys can over-complicate simple things.
Repeat after me:
GALLONS of WATER
TONS of COAL
Why is that so hard to grasp?
As for the total weight of a tender:
A 6-axle tender with axle loadings of 60,000 pounds per axle (a mid-level weight) could weigh as much as 360,000 pounds. That's 180 tons.
- 18,000 gallons of water = 150,000 pounds / 75 tons
- 46 tons of coal
- That's 121 tons for those of you in Rio Linda
- Last time I checked, 121 was less than 180, but some of you will undoubtedly dispute even that.
@Landsteiner posted:Just goes to show that the hobby is composed of folks with very different priorities and interest in prototypical accuracy.
Right.
One wonders how many who are bothered by this might now go out and buy some "realistic" M&M cars...no prototype inaccuracies there! 
Mark in Oregon
@dkdkrd posted:Hmmmm.... Hot Water was right. (sigh) We are a never ending challenge. Aren't we??
LOL! Yes, you are.
But that's what makes it fun.
@Strummer posted:Right.
One wonders how many who are bothered by this might now go out and buy some "realistic" M&M cars...no prototype inaccuracies there!
Mark in Oregon
I think as the investment goes up, so do the expectations. This could be said of any purchase, not just model/toy trains.
One of the best threads in a while!🤗🤗
