by NCNG#7 » Fri May 30, 2014 3:00 am
Brian, Andrew,
not long after submitting my post, I got the idea that the meaning of "R"-class may have been for "rectangular tank". So it is great to have it proofed right by you as experts.
Furthermore, thank you very much for bringing up more background information about this particular and obviously one of a kind tender.
After reading some chapters in Bader's book, I wonder how it was possible keeping track of all the equipment that was gathered on the SPng from various companies ( and some of it went even further ahead )
Said that the tender frame was a regular Baldwin product, I will keep my eyes open for more information about that. Eventhough I have H. Darr's and Al Armitage's drawings of the NCNG#8 tender on hand which give me a good base to work from, I am still curious about the design of the frame. So far I have never seen a tender frame of this size built up from such "ligthweight" components.
However, I am still in good mood that one day this mistery will be solved.
Florian