Tinplate tender with two different style trucks

My dad received this combo in 1942, when he was 7....this set is what started me in model railroading.  My tender has 2 trucks in the style of the one by the drawbar.....your tender probably was made with 2 of that style.

Your tender did not leave the factory with two different trucks. The front truck is likely original. The rear truck was changed so the engine & tender could be used with Postwar rolling stock.

1689W or 1689T would be the correct tender, however, the rear truck on yours looks like it is from Japanese manufacturer Sakai or post war Lionel. Was probably modified to accept the later knuckle coupler consists. I believe the original 1689s and even 2689s would have had one of the several styles of latch coupler.

yes- you are right, my tender is a 1689T......1684 doesn't run anymore, but sits proudly on a siding...

C.W. ,thank you, my wife's older cousin was the original owner he would have been a young lad at that time.Would you know what other pieces were in this set?

Jim,thank you It does look like postwar lionel to me.

The rear truck is a "Staple End" truck, which dates from 1945 first use, which makes it Postwar, not Prewar.  The tender should have had the same trucks with journal covers both front and back.  The 1684 came out in 1950-1942.  The tenders mated with the 1684 were 1689, 2689, or 2666T, with the first two with or without whistles. The only possibility to identify the set # 8068 would come from a Greenberg book on Prewar sets, and the latest listing I saw had a price tag at $154 for the book.

The consist for the 1684 from three sets I saw listed were one Passenger set, 1630, 1630, & 1631; (1) freight w/ 2677, 2679, 2682; (2) freight w/2679, 2680, & 2682, none of which have a set number 8068.  Your set was most likely something that was put together from pieces, and more than likely had a consist of Postwar pulled behind it, because of the "Staple end truck" from Postwar.