a new (old) #59?

[John Greenly]

Skip,

many thanks for putting up the loco-tender brake diagram, it's just what I needed!  Now I understand how it all works, I just need to make a decision about exactly how to locate the two lines down through the deck and underneath.  

I think I will put on a retainer valve line.  Jim points out that there were examples of tenders without them possibly up to 1910 or so, but a review of photos convinces me that most all had them by my late-teens time frame.  Now I can get back to work.

thanks again,
John

[Todd Hackett]

Jim Courtney wrote

...Before the rebuilding of the tenders in 1918-1921, the same data was stenciled on the end of the tender collar, on either side of the number:
...None of the photos I've seen are clear enough to decipher -- anyone now of others??

Here's a close-up from that photo. Still not enough to completely decipher, but it helps.

[Robert McFarland]

After thumbing through the DSP&P Memorial I didn't see it there either

[Chris Walker]

Robert McFarland wrote

After thumbing through the DSP&P Memorial I didn't see it there either

Then try looking in Klinger's Gunnison :)  You will find it there.