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I use a Tyco water tower kit built. It came out rather well although I think as mentioned previously there may be better watering towers out there. I was told while visiting Project 819 which is in Pine Bluff Arkansas, a 4-8-4 undergoing restoration. That the engine likes to get a refill of water 50-60 miles. Strasburg usually watered the engine almost with every train that left on a trip (9 miles out and back) several times a day I may be wrong but this for me was a long time ago. Water for engines in one area may be too different for that of a different engine. Sometimes they brought along a tender with just water in it. NYC used water scoops to literally scoop up water on the fly without stopping. I think they had to slow that train down to below 40+ mph to keep the tender from falling apart during the scoop. Little things like lube oil on the driving rods themselves to the amount of sand that is availible for the grade as well as the features installed also determines a engine's need for TLC after so many miles. I think roundhouses also had water too. While "Booting" steamers in the morning they would fill the tender which took time as they added water to the boiler.
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