brake tender

English

A brake tender is seen in the train on the left, next to the locomotive, at Loughborough in 1973.

Noun

brake tender (plural brake tenders)

1. (rail transport, UK) A railway vehicle which provided extra braking on freight trains with unfitted wagons (without automatic brakes) hauled by diesel locomotives, which being generally lighter than steam locomotives had less braking power. With the phasing out of unfitted wagons the brake tenders became redundant.
   • 1962 June, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region”, in Modern Railways, page 423:

     By the beginning of April at least seven green-liveried diesel brake tenders had been delivered to Toton depot and were being tested with B.R. Sulzer Type 4 diesels.

Further reading

• brake tender on Wikipedia.Wikipedia