I know these post war trains are not perfect scale, but I am wondering if there was a real tender that looks like this Lionel piece. I've not seen one like it before. Kinda looks European
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There is no exact prototype for the tender, but it does sort of emulate tenders that had the coal bunker narrowed (either built or railroad modified) for better visibility for switching.
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From the Lionel repair manual:
"This tender has no exact prototype but incorporates distinctive features of several freight and switching locomotive tenders".
It is often referred to as a "Santa Fe" or "coffin" style tender in Lionel related literature. You can see various elements of the tender on equipment used by a variety of railroads including the Pennsylvania, Great Northern, Santa Fe, etc.
The steamer is a MARX 666!
Nice looking combo.
Thanks for the info. Was wondering if it was just made up. I googled Santa Fe locomotive tenders and found one very similar except for oil and lot longer. For some reason it was bugging me that I couldn't fine a prototype for this tender (even though it's pulled by a Marx engine!). I feel a lot better about it now. LOL
Yeah Dominic, that's a Marx loco. The 666 and the 1666 look too much like road power to use the relatively small Marx tenders. Plus most of my rolling stock is Lionel anyway.
