"TENDER TUESDAY"

[e-paw]

Evening all and welcome once again to "Tender Tuesday" where we are tender-less once again.
Today I ask the question, Is it a tender, if it also provides tractive effort? One instantly thinks of geared locomotives like a Shay, or Climax as shown here....<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3232523">http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=3232523</a><!-- m --> and here....<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1607189">http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=1607189</a><!-- m -->

I wanted to point out one of the more unusual engines,,,, The Breyer Garrett articulated locomotive. They carry two different tenders that are not really tenders., One for water and one for coal. These pseudo tenders also provide all the tractive effort for this engine. a prototype pic is shown here....
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I had even built one of these when I was like 12 or 13 , I still own it today. It's a bit crude, but it still runs.    

Along with the Garrett there is also something similar to this that ran in the U.S. The Erie built it's famous Triplex. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://njrails.tripod.com/20th_Century/Erie/erie_5014.jpg">http://njrails.tripod.com/20th_Century/ ... e_5014.jpg</a><!-- m -->
The Erie ended up removing the tender engines on these locos as they tended to run out of steam with three sets of cylinders pulling pressure from a single boiler.

So is it still a tender????