NSWGR D53-class Wampu tender in weathered condition. These tenders were fitted to most superheated 53 class when commissioned in the later 1910s. They replaced an earlier tender design of lower capacity. The tender could carry 4000 gallons of water and 13 tons of coal.
In the late 1940s the Wampu tender started to be replaced by the 'Commonwealth (Engineering)' turret tender. By the 1960s only a few of D53-class locomotives retained their Wampu tenders.
This asset mates with <kuid:368725:15035> 'NSWGR D53 standard goods engine, weathered'.