Tom Mallard
Western Thunderer
Martin (and Richard)
That's a cracking photo, but...
I don't think that's got a wide footplate at the front of the tender. Look at the shadow around the steps, if the footplate were wider, it would have an uneven shadow line as it approached the front of the tender.
I also reckon that Richard has probably got the height of the footplate correct; on the L12s (and maybe S11s) there are raised sections of footplate on the loco, but I think most of it is at the same height as the T9.
The stanchions look to be wide, and the cladding plates should be there for sure.
Steph
I think it is more to do with the width of the platform or 'box' the crew stand on rather than the width of the footplate where the stanchion and sandboxes locate. That would be applicable to a T14 for example. A wide bodied T9 would use a similar arrangement to the L12 compared to the narrow bodied T9
Tom