ˇEl ténder lleno de carbón!
A solution for travelling a long way
The first locomotives were small and were usually used
for very short trips because they didn’t have enough space
to store the water and coal needed to make it move a long
distance.
Then it occurred to the train manufacturers to attach the
locomotive onto a type of open wagon that could be loaded
with coal and water. This way they could keeping running and
make longer trips... This wagon is called a tender, or coal
car, and if you look closely you can see that Mamut already
has one attached.
You’d like to climb aboard right? Patience... First we are
going to attend the first train journey that was ever made
in Spain.