I sent a question asking how he came up with the number 2671W for the tender as all the 2671W I know are 12 wheel tenders are Pennsylvania and do not have a teather coming out of them
It looks to me like a homemade connection to the tender’s pickup. I would be surprised if it cannot be completely and easily removed. I have done a similar thing with many of my locomotives and recommend it (although I use less-obvious, black wire).
The tender might be a 1975 2046W, which I think has the same body but cheaper 4-wheel trucks.
If Iam not mistaken ( seller says 80’s) that connection is for electronic sound of steam. It times the chuff to the drivers speed. I have 2 steamers like this ( 8003 Chessie and 8803 blue commet)
Jason
jmkk is correct. that is an MPC 1970s tender with their early sound of steam. The wire was attached to the smoke piston.and made contact as the piston moved up it touched a connector.
Yeah but is it a 2671 I saw the 1980 era also just wondering did lionel reuse that number to such a famous tender
Okay–Sound of Steam.
rt- it could be the same body. MPC used a lot of original molds in their early years as that is what they had to work with. some of the 1970 trains used left over parts from NJ.
It’s a tender from the 8603 C&O Hudson. FunDimensions didn’t give their tenders catalog numbers… this seller is just trying to identify it by type(2046W would be closer, if it was Lionel Lines & had postwar style metal trucks).
Rob
C&O? I would guess the 8304 B&O Atlantic.
13 neg feedbacks in the last 6 months. that should say it all
I looked right at it & saw “C&O” - it is a B&O.
Rob
I don’t know about the number for sure, but that is the same tender that my 1980 8002 2-8-4 from the Lionel FARR #2 Union Pacific series used, and also from the 1981 FARR #3 Great Northern series 4-8-4. There should be TWO wires coming out of the tender to the locomotive though, not just one, the other may have just gotten pushed inside the tender though and the seller may not know any better. But the 2671W-6 seems like what I saw stamped on the bottom of the GN tender, I will have to look at both when I get home tomorrow.
Doug
John, that was 13 neg, in 12 months not 6, with2025 positive in the same time period.
Total history 11364 POSITIVE, 35 negative, plus READ some of the neg feedbacks, some are buyers mistakes, some apparently neged without contacting seller first to resolve problems. 99.6% positive is very good.
Also, seller appears to be a commercial seller, selling for others, so it is very easy to not know all the items in detail, and would have to trust that the actual seller gave them accurate info. I use ebay alot, (more than is sometimes healthy for my budget) and reading their feedback, I wouldn’t hesitate to buy from them.
Doug
OOOOPPPSSS, my bad you even mentioned it and I still missed the four wheel trucks, but the shell iss right for the 8002 UP FARR #2, and the 3100 Great Northern FARR #3 locomotives, but I will try to remember to look again at the #s on the bottom of the tenders when I get home.
Doug
This tender is the real deal.
It is an 1975 era MPC tender that came with a B & O 2-4-2 steame engine in the Capitol Limited Set.
This was the third set to feature the “new” old-style passenger car.
The steam engine that this tender goes with was the MPC restyle of the PW 2037/2029 (yes the post war was a 4-6-2, MPC made it as a 4-4-2).
This tender has the MPC created “Mighty Sound of Steam”, thus the tether that you see.
Ken
any negs NO GOOD. problems should be worked out. My .02
Not always possible I had a neg left with out being contacted at all . I made a mistake which I would of corrected. Some jerks just rather leave a neg than find out if your willing to correct the problem .
same happened to me, I guess you have to read them to see what is what.
Part number on the shell I assume.