A type of steam locomotive train which carries its own fuel and water in the same unit, and so does not pull a tender.
Cuthbert Hamilton Ellis, The Beauty of Old Trains (1952) p. 117.
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A tender is generally mounted on six wheels, or in some cases on two bogies, and carries a larger supply of water and fuel than can be carried by tanks and the bunker of a tank engine.
A tender, however, is so much dead-weight to be hauled, whilst the weight of the water and fuel in a tank engine contributes largely to the production of adhesion.
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