Does anyone sell 3 rail Vandy tenders?

Bob Stevenson has a couple:

 

http://stevensonpreservationli...ekn22tun6tjid20a6674

 

Or you can make one yourself:

 

 

K-Line offered them as a separate sale item some years ago. Some folks say that they are slightly under full scale size, but they look very good to my eye. I even modified one to go behind an MTH premier Pacific.

We build them in "S" so I see no reason why we can't build them in "O". Take a look if you have the time.

 

http://lbrenterprisesllc.homes.../CUSTOM-ENGINES.html

 

Dave, LBR

Hooo-boy, I wish one of the manufacturers did...in three lengths.  I have only seen, and not lately, non-Vanderbilt tenders for sale from K-Line.  Did they also offer unattached Vanderbilts?  I build a lot, but I am tired of having to build everything.

I am doing a kitbash on a Lionel loco, 0-8-0, that I happened to have because I

wanted the coal-fired Vanderbilt tender off of it.

This is a K-line Vanderbilt tender I picked up somewhere a number of years ago.  Maybe it is a bit small, but . . . Here it is paired with a small, scale Pacific (this was the Southern Crescent before repainting) and it is not obviously undersized -- I think it would do okay.  I don't know if K-line made other Vandy tenders but I imagine so, probably including some coal models.

 

My objection to the K-Line is not really its size, but that it is not a particularly attractive Vanderbilt tender.  Its proportions seem a bit off to me.  Regardless, Bob Delbridge had a good idea.  It would be easy to make one just the right size and proportions you want.  Many of them were welded, so you don't have to worry about reproducing rivets, etc., and can make a pretty realistic model.

Sounds like we should post a poll to find out if we should build some. What do
you think?
Dave, LBR

> On March 24, 2015 at 1:58 PM O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum
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Try the WTB Forum. Some here have replaced the Vanderbilt tender that came with the 763E NYC Hudson with a more prototypical tender.

 

 

I forgot about Stevenson. They offer three vanderbilt tenders. Some assembly required and I am sure they only offer 2 rail trucks.

 

Pete

Vandy tenders seems to occassionally come up for sale on eBay.

 

About half the time, however, the seem to be 1950's tenders in 2 rail that would have to be converted to 3 rail.

 

Jim

some nice kits, too. Good price. Would not be too hard to convert them to three-rail

give it a shot! If I can make one......still need to finish it up though.

GREAT LOOKING VANDY !!

> On March 24, 2015 at 5:24 PM O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum
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you're too kind. It's just some PVC pipe and bits and pieces from the junk box.

Yep, PVC pipe and 1/16" styrene are your friend!  Heck, you can even take an old regular tender and use parts and pieces off it to make a Vandy, things like the frontend of a regular tender (doors), trucks, etc.

This one looks like the K-Line one

 

http://stevensonpreservationli...0&products_id=65

Bob, I'm in with the others on your tender. It's super, please post some close ups, at different angles so we can view the detailing!

 

Another "O" Gauge Craftsman for sure..............................................Brandy!

Here's a link to information on the K-Line Vanderbilt oil tender.

Vanderbilt

Don't recall the name of the company, but brass ones were available at one time. They came pretty much ready for paint and your trucks.

 

Steve

Somebody in N.J., used to offer O scale Vanderbilt tender kits in brass (and had an annual O scale flea market),  a fairly plain, and I thought crude,  kit, I think oil-fired....it was a soldering exercise.  I have one somewhere, way down at the bottom

of the to-do list.

Interesting

> On March 26, 2015 at 7:29 AM O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum
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That sounds like Jan Lorenzen of Locomotive Workshop fame......kits that could test your mortal soul, but if you could persevere you generally could end up with a nice item that was otherwise unavailable from anywhere else.

Yup..that's it: Locomotive Workshop.  I will probably never get to building this kit.