Class J Aux Tender

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It must be understood that the J’s didn’t use auxiliary tenders except at the very last when they were used in freight service.  They also were equipped with doghouses on the tender, so if you want to put an A-tank behind a J in that era it would probably be proper to put a doghouse on the tender.  For me, personally, that’s not the way I want to remember the J in service.  The auxiliary tenders used behind them at that time didn’t have the red stripe – that was an excursion service frill.

EdKing

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The Bachman auxiliary tender is the closest match to what is currently used behind the locomotive, which originated behind an M1 'Big Emma' on the L & N.  To my knowledge, they only produced these back in the 80s and maybe 90s. You can find them on a regular basis on eBay, but being older molding technology the details are not as good as what is produced these.

Both Bachman and BLI also make auxiliary water tenders that resemble what was originally used back in the days of steam. You can get these both with and without the Tuscan stripe down the side.  The all-black with yellow gold lettering also looks really good behind an A or a Y, in case you need one for those two!

Will Sadler 
Salisbury NC 

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There's been some discussion over the last couple weeks about Class J models.  I'm curious about the auxiliary tender that 611 carried during her excursion career.  BLI and Bachmann both offer a N&W auxiliary tender but I seem to recall one being the excursion tender and the other the revenue service tender.  Anyone have any insight?

Josh Blevins 
Charlotte, NC


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