tender for steam crane

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> Hello, Tony:
> 
> In many instances, the wrecker derrick was kept near
> a
> roundhouse or enginehouse as a part of a train ready
> to go.  The derrick was connected to a steam line
> --in
> the days of steam-boiler derricks-- so that it was
> always under steam even when there was no fire in
> the
> firebox.
> 
> There was a variety of tenders used with derricks,
> usually formerly used with smaller locomotives from
> an
> earlier decade that had since been scrapped because
> of
> obsolescence or wreck damage. 
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Frank Scheer
f_scheer at yahoo.com
> 
> --- nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:
> > Having just finished watching a tape on train
> > wrecks, I noticed in some 
> > shots the steam wrecking crane had a tender. This
> > seems to make sense since 
> > it requires water and coal/oil. Would this be a
> > common practice? What kind 
> > of tender did the N&W have back in the 40's and
> > 50's? And would it be with 
> > the crane in 'waiting' ready to go at a moments
> > notice?
> > Thanks,
> > Tony Burgess