UP "Joe Jordan"; a former GE GTEL Gas Electric Turbine diesel locomotive fuel tender converted for oil and water use during UP 844 and 4014's steam excursions.
An auxiliary water tender or canteen are tenders that hold additional water for a steam locomotive allowing for long-distance operations without stopping for water.
Most auxiliary tenders have storage spaces for tools, parts, etc. A good example of the storage/water tenders is Reading 2101's auxiliary water tender used in the American Freedom Train and Chessie Steam Special. The majority of aux. tenders are surplus or spare, and were converted for auxiliary tender use. Some major Class I railroads back in the steam age used these tenders. Perhaps the finest example was the Norfolk & Western's use of the tenders. N&W used auxiliary water tenders on freight, coal, and sometimes passenger trains. A few N&W auxiliary tenders exist today, including one example at Steamtown NHS. A few currently existing auxiliary water tenders in museums in the US, not in excursion use, are listed:
- Steamtown NHS, ex-N&W, ex-High Iron Co. auxiliary tender.
- C&O Railway Heritage Center: #614A, a Louisville & Nashville water tender #40973, which was originally a Louisville & Nashville M-1 Berkshire tender.
- National NYC Railroad Museum: ex-NYC, 2101A, converted Mowhawk tender for the American Freedom Train from 1975 to 1976. Previously used with Reading 2101 until being damaged in roundhouse fire in 1979.
- Richland, Washington: Converted tender in storage with Reading 2100.
- Margate, UK: ex LNER 5332, BR 98999, Used behind Flying Scotsman or bittern.
Current Excursion Use[]
- NS's 21st Century Steam Program: Ex-N&W water tenders, used for NKP 765 and N&W 611 excursions. Ex-SOU water tender, Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, used for Southern 630 and 4501 excursions.
- PM 1225: Ex-Rock Island 4-8-4 water tender
- SP 4449: DLMX 4219, which was originally the tender of SP 4219, AC-10 is painted in Daylight colors. Paired up with 4449 in excursions.
- SP&S 700: #2575, which was originally the tender of GN 2575 painted all black, used for SP&S 700 excursions.
- UP's Steam Program: Spare turbine tenders, converted for oil and water use with Living Legend 844 and Big Boy 4014. These were also used with Challenger 3985 during its excursion service career with the UP's heritage fleet from 1981 to 2010.
- IAIS: #8000, used for IAIS 6988 and 7081 excursions.
- CPR 2816: #35508, which was Ex-Delaware & Hudson 4-6-6-4 No. 1517 water tender painted in the Black/Maroon/Grey paint scheme, used for 2816's excursions.
- RBM&N: #425A, used for RBM&N 425 and 2102 excursions.
- Age of Steam Roundhouse: #1522A, previously used for Frisco 1522 excursions from 1988 to 2002. Occasionally paired up with CP 1293 in excursions.
Trivia[]
- Some Auxiliary tenders are seen in Africa like a South African type X-20 water tender. These Tenders are use as auxiliary water tenders to the second batch of Class GMA 4-8-2+2-8-4 Double Mountain type Garratt steam locomotives which entered service on the South African Railways.