“Vandy” = Vanderbilt
Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad
2-8-2 No. 5
www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=339797
Sid Vaught said:
Remarks: How many Vandy tenders working these days? And with a vestibule yet. Yes, NWP. I've heard the story of why but have forgotten. Help! And with apologies to Jimmy Buffet.....I now know, I now know, I now know where I ain't a gonna go when the volcano blows.
That’s different.
That’s another one in the “take the model to a show and nobody would believe you that it’s prototype” category.
Do ya wonder if there was a time those X crossbars weren’t there and a hatch on top granted access?
As I have learned over the years …there is darn near a prototype for everything… So build what ya’ want!
Since No5 was a logger I suspect that was built to a relatively normal eneded Vandy tender specifically to get the headlight up above log loads…
Actually #5 was built with a normal tender
(http://www.mrsr.com/equipments/porter5.jpg)
When restored in the early 80’s the original tender was beyond repair and a Vanderbuilt-style tender that had once served the Northwestern Pacific RR in California was acquired. While I tend to agree with Bart on the reason it seems like rather heavy construction just for a headlight.
Why would one care if the light is above the log load? It normally isn’t higher than a boxcar, is it?
Bruce Chandler said:Bruce,
Why would one care if the light is above the log load? It normally isn't higher than a boxcar, is it?
I think so, lots of the engines were small. just enough to get by. Hauled up empty and out of the mountains with gravity helping and they were trying to keep it all under control.
I like that little Vandy tender but the vestibule sure is a weird feature!
If I ever get a round tuit, I’d like to build Vanderbilt tenders for my locos, for two reasons:
An interesting feature is that the wheels on the tender are durn near as big as the driver wheels on the loco.
Hi gents
The vestibule end was common on UP Vandy tenders as they then matched up with the passenger car vestibules. Not sure why it was actually needed, perhaps just to stop the pass car vestibule thing waving around in the breeze, or maybe to give some added stability to the ride of the pass car?
Cheers
Tony
Not to mention in logging service, locomotives sometimes were forced to operate in the middle of trains for distances…
