Staffordshire Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Hi, I am after information on Merchant Navy Class loco's in their original form, prior to rebuilding. Did any of the the locos (35011 - 35020) run with cut down tenders ? All information, dates etc gratefully received. Any photos or links would be a great help. Thanks in advance, Ian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted February 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) Not as far as I can see from my books. Suggestion is that all tenders were 'modified/cut down' at loco Rebuilding. '18 had the CWT 3343 in 1952 from July till October, newly modified July'52. '15 had the Coal Weighing Tender 3343 from 7.56; looks like until Rebuilt in 58? P Edited February 21, 2020 by Mallard60022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45568 Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Colour Rail has a picture of 35011 at Exeter Central, 12/08/1957 with cut-down late-crest tender and air smoothed loco,(in colour too!!). Cheers from Oz, Peter C. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted February 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 22, 2020 (edited) The first cut-down tenders appeared in 1952. Here's a picture of 35011 with the later crest at Exmouth Junction shed in 1957. https://railphotoprints.uk/p668741324/e3dbac40c And here's 35021 - Here's the definitive history of MN tenders from the SEMG website - https://sremg.org.uk/steam/mn-ten.shtml Edited June 23, 2023 by RFS Updated link Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffordshire Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 Thanks for the replies, helpful. i have just found a photo of 35013 on Colour Rail which answers all my questions. Thanks again, Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffordshire Posted June 23, 2023 Author Share Posted June 23, 2023 The build of 35013 is progressing, but I am afraid I have another question .... There seems to be two versions of the Vacuum tanks & cover on the top of the rear of the Tender ? One is much wider than the other ! Does anyone know which of the two the Original MN 35013 ran with ?? Many thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted June 23, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 23, 2023 Well I have never seen any of those pics. You learn something new every day eh! Thanks P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45568 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Staffordshire said: The build of 35013 is progressing, but I am afraid I have another question .... There seems to be two versions of the Vacuum tanks & cover on the top of the rear of the Tender ? One is much wider than the other ! Does anyone know which of the two the Original MN 35013 ran with ?? Many thanks. I think you will find that the tender attached to 35013 whilst still streamlined is the same type as Hornby model with their models of 35010 to 35019, so only the BR emblem needs to be changed to small early crest. Hope this helps, Cheers from Oz, Peter C. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 29 minutes ago, 45568 said: I think you will find that the tender attached to 35013 whilst still streamlined is the same type as Hornby model with their models of 35010 to 35019, so only the BR emblem needs to be changed to small early crest. Hope this helps, Cheers from Oz, Peter C. Good tip, but be careful as the tenders aren't always wired to the same polarity as each other (from different models). Hornby, or their factories, simply weren't always consistent with this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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