Len
Thanks for the reply. I suspect you may be right. That's one of the questions resolved.
Thanks also for the Photobucket tip, I had not used it before - must educate myself on the tags and their use.
Roger

Thanks for the quick reply Jonathon.
No it is not the long 4-8-2 tender. I think that had 6 wheel trucks. This has 4 wheel trucks.
Roger

I have acquired a Bachmann Spectrum  Vanderbilt coal tender.It appears to have a DCC board inside as it has the usual 4 and 2 pin wiring connectors. It has been overpainted but under the paint I can make out a running number 1254 and a D&RGW logo. I can't find any reference to a loco of this number on the Bachmann website or elsewhere.
Can anyone tell me
What it was probably originally attached to?
What other Spectrum locos the DCC board is probably compatible with?
What the original catalogue number was?
Any prototype information would be useful also as this seems to be an unusual design tender.
http://s909.photobucket.com/user/Roger_Bratby/media/Bachmann%20medium%20van%20coal_zpsdcateqql.jpg.html

Thanks in anticipation
Roger Bratby, England

Thanks for your replies. Sorry I didn't look further on the site first.

I have a 4 wheel medium Vanderbilt tender, item no 89903. Can I run this as a replacement for the coal tender on the 2-8-0 Consolidation, item no 83605? I am not using DCC, but running on an "old-fashioned" 12v analog system.