Tender Attachment Rod

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Hello, I have a BLI 464 J1e Hudson and there are 2 holes on the tender attachment rod.

Which of the 2 holes should I use to attach the tender to the locomotive?

The hole nearest to the locomotive or the hole further away?

Thank you.

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The hole closest to the cab is for tight radius turns and the other one is for large radius turns depending on which you have on your layout.

Mark

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Mark, I believe that you meant it the other way on which hole to use. The closer to the cab hole will close the distance between units. This would be used for larger radius, where the further outward hole allows more space to accomadate clearance for a tighter radius.

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OOPS!!! You got me, I did a “Boo Boo”!!! I knew I shouldn’t have drank that last 12 pack!!! That’s the one that did it!!! (Just joking)

Thanks for keeping me straight…

Mark

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I use the farthest hole from the loco for tight radius since it stops the loco and tender from touching when turning.

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Yes, and if your railroad has both, you’ll have to stop before each one and switch it one way or the other. In fact, that’s what that little shed on top of the tender is for-- it’s called the “Dog house”. On the prototype, whoever is “in the dog house” is the one who has to get out and switch the tender. Usually while the rest of the train crew stands around cracking jokes and making rude noises with their hands under their arms and flapping. In fact, its become a form of bonding amongst train crew members which has long outlasted the steam era. So if you’re ever invited over for a model railroad operating session and you want to let everybody there realize you’re “in the know”, just put your hand under your arm and give it a coupe of flaps and see how warmly you’re accomodated. Oh, they’ll probably crack a few jokes as well, but hey, that’s the tradition!

John

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I always thought it was called a drawbar.

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jwhitten:

Hey John, Just wondering, is that supposed to be some sort of humor or something. I’ve read it twice and it still doesn’t make much sense to me. Maybe if you had ended it with a note to “laugh here” I could understand it better.

Or…maybe it’s time to quit smoking those “grass clippings”.

Mark

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It’s on a time-delay.

John

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Hello, thank you for the infos regarding the “Drawbar”; since I have tight radius curves I’ll be using the outward hole; not the one nearest to the cab.

Have a nice day [;)]

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[;)]

It can be our little secret. [;)]

I think the guy in the tender also used to change the fallopian tubes in the radio.

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Ah, I never knew that. So that explains why they call it the “tender trap”…

John

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What the heck are youz guyz talkin’ about!!!? Every man knows that when the fallopian tubes are tender the guy is in the doghouse.

Sheesh…