The tender is no longer lithographed, but painted black with silver rubber-stamp lettering “No. 40” inside a rubber-stamped border. It now has the new “automatic” coupler, but a slot is still punched in the coupler to accomodate the earlier hook coupler cars. It uses the same trucks as the earlier #40 tenders and although it is pictured in the catalogue with the newer journal box trucks I have never seen an example of this.
This is the last clockwork loco/tender catalogued for #1-gauge. There are third series locos with the earlier lithoed tenders. Whether the factory was just using up inventory or this was put together by some collector is difficult to say. I will say “Leave it alone”. If that is the way you got it, then leave it just that way. Don’t try to correct what you perceive as a mistake. Besides it will be a conversation piece!

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