Tri-ang 3 Axle Tender T92 ~ British Railways ~ European Couplers - RARE - TT

Description

By the mid-1800s, most steam locomotive tenders consisted of a fuel bunker (that held coal or wood) surrounded by a "U" shaped (when viewed from the top) water jacket. The overall shape of the tender was usually rectangular. The bunker which held the coal was sloped downwards toward the locomotive providing easier access to the coal. The ratio of water to fuel capacities of tenders was normally based on two water-stops to each fuel stop because water was more readily available than fuel. One pound of coal could turn six pounds of water (0.7 gallons) to steam. Therefore, tender capacity ratios were normally close to 7 tons (14,000 lb) of coal per 10,000 gallons of water.
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TT scale
is a niche model railroading scale, whose name stands for
t
able
t
o; Its 1:120 or ( 1:101.6 in UK) scale.   It is derived from a common engineering
scale where one inch equals ten feet} and
12 mm
(
0.472 in
)  gauge sizes it almost halfway between HO scale (1:87) and N scale (1:160).    Its original
purpose, like the name suggests, was to make a train small enough to be able to assemble and operate it on a tabletop.
TT retains a comparatively small niche in the United States and in the United Kingdom, but its growing popularity in the former East Germany makes it the
second most popular scale in Eastern Europe and Russia.   Adherents to TT maintain it is the smallest practical scale, especially for those who like to build
models from scratch.    TT scale was widespread in the Eastern Bloc thanks to the "Berliner Bahnen", manufacturer of the trainsets in TT scale.
- Wikipedia