Do you know if this locomotive was supposed to be for yard service? The large tender seems to indicate 'No' and the locomotive was (I guess) used for regular service. The PRR made a huge 0-4-0 and was used in yard service - that's why I asked the question about what her duty was.
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| Posted by mmi16 on December 22, 2020 | |
Looks to be a yard engine that they didn't want to see at the fuel and water facility very often.
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You can see this exact photo and others of Erie 241 with its short Vanderbilt tender in service,
at rr-fallenflags.com under the Erie Lackawanna. These were purchased for use with rebuilt road engines.
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Minor correction: instead of "Lehigh Valley" on the tender, there's an Erie emblem.
As for the large tender itself, I remember reading someplace that occasionally railroads would order larger tenders for new locomotives and then swap the current ones for the new ones. You're right, that does look like a huge tender for a yard engine. I'd expect to see something like that behind an Erie Berkshire or large Pacific.
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Is it possible that Erie ordered this large tender with some tender-swapping in mind?
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| Posted by CNR3724 on December 23, 2020 | |
My guess is that that tender was built for a road engine and that switcher will receive another tender when it goes into service. The two were likely combined for the builder's photo.
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You can see this photo and others of Erie 241 with a Vanderbilt tender in service at rr-fallenflags.org under Erie Lacawanna. These were purchased so their rebuilt road engines would get long distance tenders.
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PM, another Van Swerrington road, would order switchers with Road tenders like this, then upon delivery swap the tender with a "small" tender from road power.
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