Detail on oil tender ?

Lou ( Lou1985) does a lot of coal to oil conversions, he may be able to at least guide you on some specifics, ….hopefully he’ll see this and reply ….hey @Lou1985

Pat

Search on Great Northern Steam Locomotives. Auction sites are a good place as you will likely get photos taken at all angles like this.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/28479...6:g:eFoAAOSwCWJibUpp

Pete

That's actually coal tender equipped with a Ryan & Johnson coal pusher.  It's unique to some Great Northern and Burlington locomotives where the entire coal bunker tilts forward to move the coal toward the stoker screw.

Photo: O.H. Means, Denver Public Library Western History Department collection, Burlington Bulletin No. 34, 1998.

Rusty

If you want to oil convert a coal tender after removing the coal load (really easy with a glued on real coal load) you need a flat surface. Either sheet plastic the thickness of the area or some shims and sheet brass will do. Then I usually just add whatever necessary details (oil hatches, vents, rivets, handrails, etc) and glue the oil bunker I made over the area where the coal was. I converted both this Santa Fe Mikado tender and Union Pacific Challenger tender from coal to oil using just the simple above method.

@Lou1985 posted:

If you want to oil convert a coal tender after removing the coal load (really easy with a glued on real coal load) you need a flat surface. Either sheet plastic the thickness of the area or some shims and sheet brass will do. Then I usually just add whatever necessary details (oil hatches, vents, rivets, handrails, etc) and glue the oil bunker I made over the area where the coal was. I converted both this Santa Fe Mikado tender and Union Pacific Challenger tender from coal to oil using just the simple above method.

More photos of Santa Fe tender please!  Looking to do similar on  AM Flyer Mikado and Pacific Tenders.  Yours looks awesome.

Weaver did a Canadian Pacific model of a Hudson that had both coal and oil tender loads.