Mick Moignard's RGS ex-tender Water Car 019
Mick Moignard's RGS ex-tender Water Car 019
Old tenders make useful water cars for work gangs, supplying extra water
for locos, as well as for concrete mixing and other tasks. The coal space is also used to carry
fuel for bunk car stoves, cabooses and occasionally for locos.
019 is was made from photos of the prototype as it was in 1945. The basis is an MDC tender kit. New
underframe brake gear detail was added, along with handbrake and a couple on the front end, new handrails
and all body details, including all the piping and a new ladder. It's been painted, lettered and
weathered to match the available photos, including adding a reasonable bunker fill of coal.