Bruce:
Obviously, you're talking about the later G-3s with low rectangular tenders,
not the early ones with slopeback tenders, and since you're modeling an
oil-burner, it must be the 1510 or more likely the 1553, the last G-3 on the
railroad. The 1553 was converted to oil for use on the Casper Division, the
moved to the Alliance Division and spent a good deal of time up in the Black
Hills. Next it went to the Sterling Division and worked at Sterling, Colo., in
the early 1950s before finally being transferred to the Lincoln Division for a
final year or two. So it worked four of the railroad's six divisions employing
oil-burners (missing only McCook and Sheridan).
But that's not what you asked about. There is no lip around the edge of the
rear tender deck where it meets the sides and rear end; the joint is flush and
with a tight rivet line on both surfaces. If you're in HO, you could save
yourself some time and effort, but probably spend a good bit, if you can find
one of the low tenders from the Oriental G-8 model (not the converted R-2
tender) imported years ago, as it is the same tender.
Hope this helps.
Hol Wagner
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: brucec12@comcast.net
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 15:35:56 +0000
Subject: [CBQ] CB&Q Steam Loco Tenders
I am scratch building a CB&Q G-3 0-6-0 (which was converted to oil). I am
trying to determine if the water tanks rear deck was flush with the sides or if
the sides extended up past the top deck (as I think was typical of most
railroads). The question came up as the top horizontal rivet line is very close
to the top of the side (and closer to the edge than I see on other railroads)
which would indicate that the top deck had a flange bent down to rivet(and
making it ~flush with the side). Unfortunately, I can not find any clear
pictures of the top of CB&Q tenders, most are from track level and the 3/4
front of the loco!
Hope this is clear and thanks for any help,
Bruce Collins
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