Fire Station 31 serves as the administrative offices for fire protection to the City of Needles and houses three Type I Engine companies and one Water Tender.
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The meagre water supply, which would really only be sufficient for shunting purposes, would be augmented by semi-permanently coupling a purpose-built auxiliary water tender to the locomotive.
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Had O'Donnell slept below, or been working his job as water tender in the boiler room, he might have become one of the ship's 880 lost souls.
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It was said to be considered highly by the crews that operated her, and unusually for her class, the locomotive was fitted with a larger water tender.
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Six bulldozers, six water tenders, an excavator, a grader and several work crews are assigned to the repair work, which will take at least two weeks, he said.
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With the shorter distances between watering points in South Africa, a water tender was never required on the Natal narrow gauge lines where they were placed in service.
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On the Class GM, the on-board water tank on the front engine unit was only used when the water tender was temporarily disconnected from the engine at running sheds.
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The current fire appliance at the station is a Volvo Fl6 inter-cooler water tender, which is sometimes taken away for maintenance and replaced by a newer Volvo relief appliance.
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Water tenders are used when there is no working fire hydrant within reach of other fire equipment, potentially supplying the fire engine ( s ) with a very rapid connection.
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Steam locomotives on special charters that are not stopping in the station also use the loop as a water stop because nearby road access can allow a water tender to reach the line.
