SavaTheAggie Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 I've begun working on building one of the Texas State Railroad's locomotives, #400. Since I've already built one of her sisters, #300, which looks very similar, I found myself very fortunate that #400 has one design challenge I had yet to attempt in LEGO: her Vanderbilt tender. What is a Vanderbilt tender? From Wikipedia: Quote In 1901, Cornelius Vanderbilt III, whose great-grandfather founded the New York Central Railroad, invented a cylindrical tender which was soon adopted by a number of American railroads with oil-burning and coal-burning locomotives.[1]Compared to rectangular tenders, cylindrical Vanderbilt tenders were stronger, lighter, and held more fuel in relation to surface area. While I have not built her in bricks, I have built her in LDraw and I am 100% certain that she is buildable, and usable, here in the real world. Sava Built Vanderbilt by SavaTheAggie, on Flickr Vanderbilt by SavaTheAggie, on Flickr She will most likely get changed and tweaked before all is said and done to better match the prototype (see the notes on the flickr pages), but as is it makes for a great average Vanderbilt tender suitable for any medium class of steam engine. --Tony Quote
Cinderbike Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 Great MOC Sava. I love the SNOT used in this. Can't wait to see what you do to it after the tweaks. Quote
AussieJimbo Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) Nice one, Sava. You've achieved some great details with your SNOT techniques. :classic: Edited January 27, 2011 by AussieJimbo Quote
WesternOutlaw Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 Interesting design Tony. I esp. like the large boiler assembly. I'm trying to figure out what you used on top; are those whip pieces? I also like the sloped back sides. The light grey side pieces add a simple yet effective accent color. Nice and very different from your traditional steam locomotives. Quote
SavaTheAggie Posted January 27, 2011 Author Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) On 1/27/2011 at 1:58 PM, TheBrickster said: Interesting design Tony. I esp. like the large boiler assembly. I'm trying to figure out what you used on top; are those whip pieces? I also like the sloped back sides. The light grey side pieces add a simple yet effective accent color. Nice and very different from your traditional steam locomotives. This isn't actually a steam engine, it's just the tender. It's an oil tender, specifically, since all of the TSRR steam engines burn oil as opposed to coal or wood, which is why the coal bunker is enclosed. The pieces on top are just bent flex tubing. --Tony Edited January 27, 2011 by SavaTheAggie Quote
BelValcor Posted January 28, 2011 Posted January 28, 2011 On 1/26/2011 at 7:22 PM, SavaTheAggie said: She will most likely get changed and tweaked before all is said and done ... --Tony I really need to see a pic or two of the prototype... I don't see how it could be tweaked or improved. Very nice tender. I'm loving it. Bel Quote
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