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>What does the second tender hold? Water! LOL..... It had this tender built for it in the late 1960's while it was in preservation and still running main line. The reason they needed the second tender is that by that date the water troughs for steam locomotives had been removed and they still wanted to be able run from London To Scotland... The extra tender meant less stops for water on route.Superb model as always Pete!! Hope you fixed the crummy valve gear from the original Kuju model...Best Regards, Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
FYI, 4472's second tender, which has now become so rotten that it has to be scrapped, was originally coupled to the Gresley A1 "Captain Cuttle".And by the way, apparently FS as an LNER A3 can only be numbered 103 as she renumbered 502 in Jan. 1946, then 103 May 1946, and was "A3-ed" in Jan. 1947.The above is referred by Mr. Trevor Kirk in issue 271 of "Steam Railway".TTFN,
>>And by the way, apparently FS as an LNER A3 can only be numbered >>103 as she renumbered 502 in Jan. 1946, then 103 May 1946, and >>was "A3-ed" in Jan. 1947.I didnt understand a word of thatI thought the tender was an official/proper trender when they were running the scotsman in revenue service? I have a BW photo in a book of apparently the soctsman with both tenders.============= Dominic Sharoo
>I thought the tender was an official/proper trender when >they were running the scotsman in revenue service? I have a >BW photo in a book of apparently the soctsman with both >tenders.Nope!! didn't run with the second tender until in preservation. So the picture you have is one of the main line runs as an enthusiast special. George Hinchcliffe actually ordered the rebuild of that tender for use as a second service tender, while it was owned by Alan Pegler and Bill McAlpine.The photgraph could have come from a lot of different sources... It's probably the most photographed locomotive on the planet.
Peter
