Tender backsides...

Moonson posted:

OK, call me the oddball; that's fine, and I accept the designation, readily, because I have always liked how the backsides of steam locomotive tenders look.

Of course, we just about never have a steam locomotive and its tender travel down a track on our layouts without their freight or passenger cars behind them. But I like seeing them without the usual full train.

How about you? Do you, also, like seeing and operating the occasional steam locomotives and tenders without anything coupled to them?

As a boy in the Pittsburgh, I did see such locomotives and tender backsides traveling down tracks, especially within the precincts of the steel mills, as well as in some yards. How about you?

Got pictures?

 

 

FrankM.

Don't you just love those old "Association of American Railroads" photos, where they change the railroad name to something silly, so that nobody recognizes that it REALLY is Norfolk and Western?

It is always great to find the rear of a tender or even a cab unit diesel.  So few people took the time to photograph the rear and those photos are priceless for research.  Thanks for posting! 

The double meaning of this thread title is priceless too.

Two backsides are better than one !

Who doesn't like a tender backside????? 

steam running tender first.....

gotta like a "tender backside", they come in all different shapes and sizes....woo,wooo

especially when you are the helper engine pushing....

NJCJOE posted:

Who doesn't like a tender backside????? 

I know I do

Rusty

This is the nicest tender backside I have. 

Yep - more than one time I have had to number and letter a tender rear using logic rather than facts - as so few were photographed, even when they were available to be shot by photographers who should have know better.

I've encouraged rail fan friend to "shoot the rear!" when photographing modern locos, too. Front 3/4 views get a little tiresome; not the complete story. Less drama, more data, would be nice.

Now, Beyer-Garratts - those things were all tender!

I like big  tender backsides. But, that's me. 

The biggest I ever owned ....

(This is Paul's model, mine is packed away with the other Christmas stuff)

I love running my Steamers tender first. Not very prototypical, as it's not all that common.  But it makes me happy!

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Hot Water posted:

 

Don't you just love those old "Association of American Railroads" photos, where they change the railroad name to something silly, so that nobody recognizes that it REALLY is Norfolk and Western?

Spotted that right away.

Some gents admiring two tender backsides

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Okay, I'll put one up.

what is this tender.....

briansilvermustang posted:

what is this tender.....

It's a steam generator car, rebuilt by the Algoma Central from a old Northern Pacific auxiliary water tender.

Rusty

thank you  Rusty ,  so they used these on passenger trains.......what did they pull these with then.....

A couple more "tender behinds."

Rusty

briansilvermustang posted:

thank you  Rusty ,  so they used these on passenger trains.......what did they pull these with then.....

Diesels.

thanks

Found this one handy.

Pete

Couple more, one celebrating 61 years of operation. Which one?

Lonesome enthusiast enjoying a tender backside

Here's one of my favorites

AND I am picking the right hand tender as the one celebrating 61 years.

Jushavnfun posted:

Here's one of my favorites

AND I am picking the right hand tender as the one celebrating 61 years.

Tee hee, right you are,  too easy for those in the know.  O27 stuff.   

briansilvermustang posted:

thank you  Rusty ,  so they used these on passenger trains.......what did they pull these with then.....

GP7's in the early diesel days, GP38-2's later. 

No two steam generator cars on the AC were the same, so this converted tender could show up on the Canyon Train:

Or on the Saulte St. Marie - Hearst local train:

Rusty

thanks again Rusty, never seen them before, pretty neat....need some in O scale now....

Jushavnfun posted:

Here's one of my favorites

AND I am picking the right hand tender as the one celebrating 61 years.

This one is a bit younger at 10 years.

Pete

Here's one from a AT&SF IN Lawrence Ks

Love the thread, thanks Frank

Thanks to Hot Water for pointing out the "re-naming" of those tenders. I never noticed. Copyright issues?

I would buy a steam generator car !

Scrapiron Scher posted:

Love the thread, thanks Frank

Thanks to Hot Water for pointing out the "re-naming" of those tenders. I never noticed. Copyright issues?

For me?!