"TENDER TUESDAY"

[e-paw]

Welcome to yet another ""TENDER TUESDAY"". I was researching something else in the world of tow-behind fuel holders when I stumbled on something that's a little out of my comfort zone interest and became fascinated with,, A UP turbine tender.

I found this build by accident and was impressed with his choice of materials and techniques.
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This is the pic that started this interest as I was looking for big boy tenders.
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They were salvaged from out of service steamers for use behind the turbines. By 1970 all the turbines were off the roster, but, their tenders went into excursion service behind the UPs roster of steamers.

This web page has a ton of info on the turbine tenders .<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://utahrails.net/up/gte-tenders.php">http://utahrails.net/up/gte-tenders.php</a><!-- m -->