Posted by Ryan Bausher on August 19, 2009  I see that the rods are still. Do they have some kind of lubrication going to the cylinders while it moving? Posted by Ryan Bausher on August 19, 2009  I see that the rods are still on. Do they have some kind of lubrication going to the cylinders while it moving? Posted by Jeff Terry on August 19, 2009  Not sure, Ron. There is some strange piping coming from the cylinder chests...perhaps these are lube lines? Posted by Jeff Terry on August 19, 2009  I meant Ryan, not Ron. Sorry. Posted by Dennis A. Livesey on August 20, 2009  What the National Railroad Museum did to this locomotive is so depressing... Posted by Jeff Terry on August 20, 2009  I don't think they really DID anything too it, except change out the tender out for a diesel. Like I said, the original tender is still here, and the engine can be put back into its original configuration at any time. What really offends me is the paint job. This is supposed to be the NATIONAL RAILROAD MUSEUM. Why the need for the red cab, red drivers, red pilot....??? A nice black and graphite paint job, with Sumpter & Choctaw lettering, would look great and be more meaningful to everyone except those that think all steam locomotives ran in the wild wild west... Posted by Philip Martin on August 20, 2009  It's original tender was recently scrapped... Posted by Jeff Terry on August 21, 2009  If this is true it must have been scrapped in the past month, because I photographed it on July 21, 2009. It was coupled to a small Whitcomb diesel behind the restoration shop. Posted by D Balkauskas on August 21, 2009  Certainly an interesting change! As for the inaccurate paint scheme, it's more of an appeal thing. You;ll find that most museums need to have something that can appeal to the most possible people. Therefore the bright red paint was most likely chosen to try and get the attention of the children, and look more like "Thomas". Makes sense and I applaud them for using such an interesting locomotive to keep people interested. Posted by Philip Martin on August 31, 2009  Thanks for the confirmation, Jeff. In the flack of fire given to the NRM lately, the tenders' scrapping came up, along with the WRX reefer, ore car, and the passenger car with electrolysis problems. I'm glad to see that they had the sense to keep it. Posted by Will H on November 17, 2015  Actually, all of the equipment that was said to be scrapped however, was not scrapped. The freight train and 715 are still there, along with 102's tender. I do believe that one day 102 will have her original tender back. But the way the NRRM is going they have bigger intentions, such as adding a roundhouse. So, we will just see what happenes

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