The only time I ever saw a brake tender was at Barry Scrapyard in the mid 70s
As for concrete cracking.
Yes it does, one of our brakevans on the NYMR had its flooring all warped, we removed it and found that the concrete ballast is actually filled with old brake blocks and other scrap, the rust on this scrap had forced the concrete to crack then with water ingress and more rust the floor was distorted.
Last edited by Ploughman; 5th September 2013 at 19:59.
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