There are no stupid questions??

[Fitz Orchard]

I feel a bit dumb but I cannot find anywhere an explanation of what the purpose is of the yellow moulding slung under the tenders of several LGB steam locos on both sides. I have a Mogul and a Sumpter Valley and they both have it but can't see anything like it on most other locos. I just cannot think what it could possibly be for.
It's just a plastic moulding and obviously not something which would have been on the original loco. If they serve no purpose and are a bit ugly I will probably just cut them off. But I don't want to until I can be sure they are superfluous.

Hope someone smarter than me can come up with an answer!!

Thanks

David F

 

[Rhinochugger]

I feel a bit dumb but I cannot find anywhere an explanation of what the purpose is of the yellow moulding slung under the tenders of several LGB steam locos on both sides. I have a Mogul and a Sumpter Valley and they both have it but can't see anything like it on most other locos. I just cannot think what it could possibly be for.
It's just a plastic moulding and obviously not something which would have been on the original loco. If they serve no purpose and are a bit ugly I will probably just cut them off. But I don't want to until I can be sure they are superfluous.

Hope someone smarter than me can come up with an answer!!

Thanks

David F

It's a re-railing ramp

UK ones are a slightly different shape, and not necessarily painted yellow. I have a photo of the Royal Engineers on the Longmoor Military Railway in Hampshire being taught how to use one

 

[Gizzy]

Good question!

And I see Rhino has already given you the answer too.

I wouldn't cut them off....

 

[Fitz Orchard]

Thanks for the helpful replies - I never would have guessed. Decision is I will just paint them matt black to match the rest of the loco's 'undercarriage' rather than cut them off. Now to research how they were actually used and why it is only the separate tenders to locos that have them.......or at least in LGB world it seems to be.

 

[GAP]

Found this with a bit of Googling after using the picture in a search could be a solution.

On LGB models that yellow plastic piece is a factory transport / shipping spacer.
Purpose:

• It locks or limits the bogie (truck) movement during transport
• Prevents the bogies from swivelling, bouncing, or stressing the wiring between tender and pickups
• Helps protect details and wheelsets while the model is in its box
• Sometimes also keeps the model sitting level in the packaging

Important:
It is not part of the operating model.
It should be removed before running the tender on the track.
LGB nearly always uses bright yellow for these shipping protections so they’re obvious and don’t get forgotten.

 

[casey jones snr]

Found this with a bit of Googling after using the picture in a search could be a solution.

On LGB models that yellow plastic piece is a factory transport / shipping spacer.
Purpose:

• It locks or limits the bogie (truck) movement during transport
• Prevents the bogies from swivelling, bouncing, or stressing the wiring between tender and pickups
• Helps protect details and wheelsets while the model is in its box
• Sometimes also keeps the model sitting level in the packaging

Important:
It is not part of the operating model.
It should be removed before running the tender on the track.
LGB nearly always uses bright yellow for these shipping protections so they’re obvious and don’t get forgotten.

GAP, Google have got it totally wrong. The yellow items attached to the Sumpter Valley tender are re-railing ramps. They have absolutely nothing to do with being a factory/ shipping spacer.