Hi all,
I’m converting a friends Aristo long Vanderbilt tender to oil. I know the capacity of the oil tank, but I want to decal the water capacity. Anyone have a guess what it would be? 10,000 Gallons?
I’ll post some pics when it is done. The oil tank is all built, but just in primer right now.
jb
John, A fairly common size seems to be 15’000gal, but try to come up with a “logical” fuel to water ratio. I’m stymied by the different coal used and how that relates to the BTU count for oil.
© NEB&W Guide to Steam Locomotive Components RMRRS Perhaps you have better luck. Or you can take the measurements and compare. 
I think the aristo tender is longer than that one.
It is.
It’s longer than the LGB Mike that pulls it! 
jb
So it’s a “long distance tender”. One capy I came across for those is 20’500 gal.
And another one in reference to PRR engines
newsgroup said:
In later years some of the engines got > "coast-to-coast" long distance tenders that held 20,000 gallons of water and > 30 tons of coal and were as big as the locomotive they trailed behind.