Auxiliary Water Tenders

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Hi Jim,

Thanks for clarity, I suspected so, I did watch a video the other night that confirmed it too.

Development question, are connections on both sides of the coupler or just one? Given trainline hose always on the right, are the water connections on left?

This has come from looking at some Broadway models and two have a single connection to the left of the coupler on each end and 3 have 2 connections, 1 on either side on only the one end.

Martin
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Subject: Re: Auxiliary Water Tenders

Water connections for aux tenders were at both ends, so they could be oriented either way. (No need to turn)

Jim Nichols

On Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at 02:03:25 PM CDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


Were auxiliary water tenders always orientated the same way around to the main tender of a locomotive? Or basically were water connections only on one end or both ends?

I'm sure I've seen pictures of them in both orientations but not sure they were connected for service.

I'm specifically talking about the converted 16k tenders used in the 50s.

Regards

Martin
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