4-8-4 coal or oil

[al hentsch]

i have an 4-8-4 northern from lionel no.5100 whith a coal tender should this be a oil burner?

[cmstpmark]

Dear Al,

Welcome aboard. I lifted the following after a Google search.

"In 1944, CRI&P took delivery of ten more Northerns (road numbers 5100 through 5109) and in 1946, ten more (road numbers 5510 through 5119). All twenty of these Class R67-b Northerns came from ALCO. The first ten were oil burners and the last ten were delivered as coal burners. These 20 locomotives had 74" drivers, 26 x 32 cylinders, a boiler pressure of 270 psi, a weight of 474,500 lbs and a tractive effort of 67,088 pounds"

This was from:

http://www.steamlocomotive.com/northern/crip.html

I also have a drawing of the 5100 out of a steam encyclopedia. Aside from the lack of a visible coal bunker, the tender looks like your average coal tender, but as stated above, it was oil.

I hope this helps,
Mark

[ 03. October 2002, 18:57: Message edited by: cmstpmark ]

[al hentsch]

Mark thanks on the 4-8-4 5100.

[al hentsch]

The last RI 4-8-4 I saw was in Blue Island Ill. under the 127th street bridge in the dead line there were two I don`t remember the numbers it was sad sight full of bird droppings and rust .But i still remember them going through my home town of Mokena Ill.when I was a kid.There is a good shot of a 5100 going over the Joliet Ill crossing in the March 1952 Trains mag if you can find one.Iàm new at this so help me out it this is off topic.Al H