Old DC 4-8-4 needs a tender

[Jeff De]

Hi all,
I just got a used 4-8-4 loco 6005, Im thinking its a NYC, but missing a tender. I also want to install a DCC w/sound and maybe even squeeze in some tiny LED lights for a firebox look and quite possibly replace the headlight with LED.

If needed, I can put up some pics to help.

TIA.

[trainman203]

eBay has tenders available all the time

[trainman203]

The front end looks like a New York central engine, but I wonder if that is just a different façade put on the Santa Fe engine.  I'm not familiar enough with either one of them to state for certain, but that's a common practice among manufacturers, to slightly doctor one engine to sort of look like another prototype without much retooling if any.  Bachmann's Berkshire are a great example of this.

Search eBay "ho steam locomotive tender only."  Right now, I don't see the tender that goes with that locomotive, but there are dozens of tenders there which means that the one you want is certainly going to eventually appear there, just keep a lookout for it. The locomotive is called the New York Central Niagara, maybe that will help the search.