Did Lionel ever use red lettering on tenders?

mrmet6986 · February 10, 2012, 9:22am

I saw an old Lionel tender that had red lettering. I have never seen a tender with lettering other then white. It looks genuine but I cannot find any information on a Lionel tender with red lettering. Could this be for real or an alteration by a train collector?

KRM · February 10, 2012, 9:29am

do you have a picture or tender #?

Tks,

Kev

jeffrey-wimberly · February 10, 2012, 9:33am

I can’t recall ever seeing a Lionel tender with red lettering, only rolling stock.

rtraincollector · February 10, 2012, 6:19pm

is it a tender with Lionel on the side or a road name as I believe they did PRR in red once I know they have done some other road names also in different colors

sir_james_I · February 10, 2012, 8:53pm

I believe there was at least one tender in the early 70s with red lettering but I cannot find proof of it in my books and would have to check my early MPC catalogs to see if there was one.

Kooljock1 · February 11, 2012, 5:31am

Yes. PENNSYLVANIA #1130T Type in or around 1972.

Jon [8D]

sir_james_I · February 11, 2012, 8:27am

Yep that’s the one I was thinking of, thanx.

gunrunnerjohn · February 11, 2012, 1:47pm

Hmm… Here’s an 1130T, no red lettering here: eBay Lionel 1130T