Some of you may be aware of a tender style known as a "sausage" tender. The one I'm most familiar with is in what used to be the Age of Steam museum in Dallas--museum has a new name now that I don't recall. The tender is on a Baldwin 0-6-0 S-12 that was the yard goat at Dallas Union Station into the early 1960s.
The only model of this S-12 that I every ran across was a Sunset brass made in the 60s or 70s. Question is, does anyone know of any other model of the S-12 that is more likely to turn-up than this rare brass model? More to the point, is anyone aware of a model of just the sausage style tender that has been made? I can probably find an 0-6-0 that will work, but scratchbuilding a tender like that is beyond my skill, and patience, level.
Any ideas?
Mike
Unless you´d like to settle for something like this:
Sunset´s brass S-12 is the only one I know with a sausage tender.
The correct terminology would help your search. I think you're looking for Vanderbilt tenders?
http://www.google.com/search?q=Vanderbilt+tender&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=lWT&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=lOHlT9PGCIqJ6wGEo9zfDg&ved=0CIABELAE&biw=1333&bih=858
Some railroads favored this design is about all I know. Not sure what the advantages vs disadvantages are compared to other tender designs.
If it's actually made of sausage, then don't go cheap and greasy. Get the good brats...
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Mike, sausage tenders are a different animal than Vanderbilt tenders - they lack the "coal compartment".
Yes, the 'sausage' tender is not a Vandy tender. I'll post a photo if I can find it in my library, On-line search turned up a good number of tender sausages, but not sausage tenders.
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And here I thought somebody was anticipating the transition to LNG-fueled diesels, with a `weenie on wheels' tank between two six-axle behemoths.
(And if it derails, how do you model a scale BLEVE?)
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jeffrey-wimberly
If that's what we're talking about, it might also be called a "tank" tender?
I've just never heard the term "sausage" tender -- but the older I get, the more I realize there's a lot I don't know.
The one pictured represents a later SP modification to increase oil capacity, note the raised bunker and walkway handrails. I believe most if not all had this work done. I suspect one could use a tank car as the basis.
Dave
Sir Madog Unless you´d like to settle for something like this: Sunset´s brass S-12 is the only one I know with a sausage tender.
Now I'm hungry.
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Here is a photo of the tender. It looks to be the same as the photo Jeffert-Wimberly posted. All references to the locomotive in the literature about Dallas Union Station refer to it as a "sausage" tender, as does the reference to the Sunset S-12 model in the Brown Brass Book. Now the question recurrs---anyone know of a source for a similar model or, for that matter, an available Sunset S-12?
:http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth28800/m1/1/?q=dallas union railroad terminal:550:0
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mreagant Here is a photo of the tender. It looks to be the same as the photo Jeffert-Wimberly posted. All references to the locomotive in the literature about Dallas Union Station refer to it as a "sausage" tender, as does the reference to the Sunset S-12 model in the Brown Brass Book. Now the question recurrs---anyone know of a source for a similar model or, for that matter, an available Sunset S-12? Mike :http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth28800/m1/1/?q=dallas union railroad terminal:550:0
Looks like Balboa may have made them at one point. There is one on Ebay now.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HO-Scale-SP-Class-S-12-0-6-0-by-Balboa-/320925951980?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item4ab8ad67ec
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
Stevenson Preservation Lines makes one of these tenders, but unfortunately it's O scale.
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Nelson
Ex-Southern 385 Being Hoisted
I would assume it's an oil tender, right? at least it's better than being called a "wiener" tender.
Bachmann makes some small vandy tenders that possibly could work for a kit bash. They're only about $15 at Trainland. I've only seen pictures of them so I don't know anything about the construction (or destruction). Just a thought""...".........