08-08-2017, 05:58 PM
Evening gents, I took a little time off from this thread ( lots to do at the homestead ) , But it's Tuesday and time to talk tenders.
I am going to expand my theme of when a tender is not always just a tender, with the topic of booster engines. Sure some engines gained a little more tractive effort from boosters attached to the trailing truck under the cab,,,,,,But that is not the focus of this thread. Here we are all about the under appreciated tender in all it's glory. My favorite example of a tender mounted booster is shown here on this LNE 2-10-0 #401. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/4e/ff/4e/4eff4e2834d608a4cedb8e8e54c511b3.jpg">https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/or ... c511b3.jpg</a><!-- m -->
It was not uncommon for the LNE to have two of these engines on the point of a long coal drag up Summit hill, with another one as a pusher. All three engines barely moving as they crawled up the 2.7% grade making the best use of their boosters. I was once sent to a costumers home in Weehawken NJ. who grew up next to the cemetery on Summit hill , The LNE main ran right past her back yard. She remembered the 400's well, as the thunderous noise was enough to wake the dead. A train like this contained almost the entire class of these engines, as the LNE only had four 2-10-0's and four boosters.
I found a spec sheet of this engine and tender.
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Here's a shot of one of the 400's boosters after it was removed from it's tender. In the background is a camelback tender that seams to have lost it's engine.
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The most common one to be installed was built by Bethlehem Steal. Some railroads attached the booster to the rear truck of the tender, while others put it in place of the forward truck. Most had a separate stack attached to the rear of the tender for the exhaust steam while others piped it out underneath the tender. Either way they did the same job, by giving the engine some additional heave-ho at low speeds.
I found this Wikipedia write up about tender boosters for a little more info.<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booster_engine">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booster_engine</a><!-- m -->
I am going to expand my theme of when a tender is not always just a tender, with the topic of booster engines. Sure some engines gained a little more tractive effort from boosters attached to the trailing truck under the cab,,,,,,But that is not the focus of this thread. Here we are all about the under appreciated tender in all it's glory. My favorite example of a tender mounted booster is shown here on this LNE 2-10-0 #401. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/4e/ff/4e/4eff4e2834d608a4cedb8e8e54c511b3.jpg">https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/or ... c511b3.jpg</a><!-- m -->
It was not uncommon for the LNE to have two of these engines on the point of a long coal drag up Summit hill, with another one as a pusher. All three engines barely moving as they crawled up the 2.7% grade making the best use of their boosters. I was once sent to a costumers home in Weehawken NJ. who grew up next to the cemetery on Summit hill , The LNE main ran right past her back yard. She remembered the 400's well, as the thunderous noise was enough to wake the dead. A train like this contained almost the entire class of these engines, as the LNE only had four 2-10-0's and four boosters.
I found a spec sheet of this engine and tender.
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&wheel=2-10-0&railroad=lne">http://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase ... ilroad=lne</a><!-- m -->
Here's a shot of one of the 400's boosters after it was removed from it's tender. In the background is a camelback tender that seams to have lost it's engine.
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://img.xooimage.com/files52/3/3/a/lne-bethlehem-ten...er-truck-228955a.jpg">http://img.xooimage.com/files52/3/3/a/l ... 28955a.jpg</a><!-- m -->
The most common one to be installed was built by Bethlehem Steal. Some railroads attached the booster to the rear truck of the tender, while others put it in place of the forward truck. Most had a separate stack attached to the rear of the tender for the exhaust steam while others piped it out underneath the tender. Either way they did the same job, by giving the engine some additional heave-ho at low speeds.
I found this Wikipedia write up about tender boosters for a little more info.<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booster_engine">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booster_engine</a><!-- m -->
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