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Reply to "The NYC PT-2 Tender"

Rusty Traque posted:
Dominic Mazoch posted:

Were there any advantages for NYC or UP for using a tender with such a wheel arangement?  A tendet with a 4 and a 3 axle trucks would give one the same number of acled in a more flexable wheelbase.

Weight distribution.

Water weighs a lot.  25,000 gallons or so in the case of the Big Boy.  There's less weight per axle.  14 axles distributes the weight on the rails more evenly than 4, 6 or 8.

Rusty

I believe the tender when full actually weighed more than the engine, at least more than a Hudson.

Pete

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