tender for steam crane

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Almost all maintenance of way tenders in those days were the 9000-gallon,
14-ton variety.  By the mid fifties, these began being phased out and
replaced by both the N&W 12000 and 15000-gallon and larger types as
dieselizartion began. Almost all, if not all, 9000-gallon M/W tenders were
gone by the '60s.

Bud Jeffries

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Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 4:29 AM
Subject: tender for steam crane


>
> > 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
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