Locomotive Tender
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LNER Six-Coupled Tender Locomotives 1948-68 List Price: $34.95 Sale Price: $14.29  |
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In this book Eric Sawford records all classes of the LNER's tender locomotives between 1948, when the LNER became British Railways Eastern Region, and the end of steam in 1968. As well as illustrating the engines, the author also includes each class's history... |
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Bachmann 4-4-0 American Locomotive And Tender - Union Pacific #119 - N Scale List Price: $87.99 Sale Price: $51.18 |
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A colorful locomotive commemorating the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. The most widely used steam locomotive in North America between 1850 and 1880, the classic American was considered obsolete by 1900, when the need for larger engines became acute... |
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An Illustrated Review of Midland Locomotives from 1883: Goods Tender Classes v. 4 |
Why did the tender almost always have the same number as the locomotive?
Some did and some didn't.
Some railroads applied the engine number beneath the cab window, while others carried the number on the tender, or both. Even these options didn't remain constant amongst equipment owned by the same railroad.
The heaviest of the steam power lasted to the end, but even here, when a locomotive needed a tender to continue to operate, they were often 'borrowed' from a locomotive awaiting the scrapper's torch. I have a photo of an AC12 'cab forward' underway pulling a tender painted in Daylight livery.
It is the same with company name and logos. By way of example, at various times the SP name would be emblazoned on the tender, while in other instances, neither locomotive nor tender bore the company name.
For identification purposes, the locomotive 'number boards' carried the train's identity and those were the only thing that mattered, as far as operating and authorization to operate are concerned.