Hand Brakes on N&W Tenders?

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Be careful! Some of those were shut off valves for the water line to the 
locomotive.

But many tenders did have a hand brake for the fireman to tend to as 
needed.

     WJPowers

On 1/27/2019 12:29 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>
> Did the N&W ever apply hand brakes to its tenders?
>
>
> Beginning in the 1870s (apparently,) some of the larger roads placed a 
> hand brake atop one of the water legs of tenders.  The arrangement 
> consisted of a flat horizontal plate mounted atop the vertical brake 
> shaft, which plate was surmounted by two iron vertical handles about 6 
> inches high.  The brake was applied by rotating the horizontal plate 
> in a horizontal plane, which tightened the brake chain around the rod 
> underneath the tender.
>
>
> This allowed the Fireman to assist in braking the train back in the 
> days of hand-brakes-only. After the advent of the ET 
> (engine-and-tender) air brake, the arrangement was no longer 
> necessary, of course.
>
>
> Were early N&W (or predecessor road) tenders ever equipped with this 
> type tender hand brake?  I have never seen any photos to indicate as much.
>
>
> All of which, I guess, raises the further question:  When did the N&W 
> begin outshopping new engines with full Westinghouse air brake 
> equipment applied?  (An intermediate type application, before full 
> Westinghouse air brake equipment, was the steam brake which worked 
> only on engine driving wheels, so if you check early photos, don't be 
> misled simply by the presence of brake shoes on engine drivers.)
>
>
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