Flaired Tenders and Marker Light Brackets

Posted by Mike Trent on Feb 12, 2015; 2:57am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-Long-Distance-Tenders-tp694p941.html

This may be a mere coincidence, but it has seemed odd that the marker light brackets on the rear corners of C&S tenders hold the lamps outward from the corners in just the same location of where the rear flaired corners once were.

Why those brackets were mounted on that way is unknown, but they were. It seems a lot of trouble to go to for the purpose of an extra few inches of height and width when the markers were hung. Would have been a lot simpler, and arguably safer, to have just placed small flat brackets at the corners of the tenders.

The marker lights would have been carried inside the locker boxes. at the front corners, and would have been used on helper engines running light on downhill tangents.

One of the photos that showed the upper angle of #70's oil bunker shows two lamps sitting on the top of the bunker. These would have burned oil, as there were no electrical connections for them. I believe the left side corner bracket on #70 in the same photo was broken off.