"TENDER TUESDAY"

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Evening all, and welcome to another week of Tender Tuesday. For the next two weeks we are going tender-less. Not all equipment had a specialized car it towed along to carry it's fuel. There were plenty of smaller (and larger) engines that had a built in version of a tender. This one here is one of my favorite surviving examples, CNR #47. She was built in 1914 by the Montreal Loco works from Alco drawings. I believe on the CNR they called them Baltics, Most other railroads called 4-6-4's Hudson's. I guess you can say that this tender is very Zen as it is one with it's engine.
   
The CNJ also had a group of nearly identical engines, <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://forums.mylargescale.com/members/7347-totalwrecker-albums-mudsons-suburban-tank-commuter-loco-picture7122-cnj229s.jpg">http://forums.mylargescale.com/members/ ... nj229s.jpg</a><!-- m --> on the Central they were known as suburban's. The only major difference was the wide belly firebox and notched cab meant to burn anthracite coal. These tenders were also equipped with a cow catcher to allow for reverse running and carried 2,900 gallons of water and 5 tons of coal.
   
Here is a close of the tender deck details.
   

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A famous one is Tomas, Here rebuilt from BEDT #15 . Her sister, #13 was linked above. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3331013">http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=3331013</a><!-- m -->

My whole purpose of this thread is to get people to realize that the tender is just as important as the engine it's attached to. One can not operate without other. Sometimes the story behind the tender is more involved then the motive power it fuels.