Help identifying old brass tanks

[Budliner]

I just picked these up less than $20 each :O)

is it a filling station for steam??

 

 

this one looks like the water tank but it has texaco on it ???

 

shed

all allegedly brass

your help is appreciated

here is a tank I got last week

mine is missing one of the shed's on the bottom

tanks ken

[rrebell]

Did you get them from ebay, thought I saw them there.

[egmurphy]

Hard to be sure from the photos, but because of the slim vertical tank the first one looks like it could be a sanding column.  The second one is just any riveted storage tank.  Could as easily be water as oil or diesel.  Whatever you wanted to use it for.

Regards

Ed

[Budliner]

rrebell your right I did get it online

egmurphy I dont think the oil is the same tank, oil is too heavy, tank has to be small

but fuel ok

I did try to find that sanding column but nothing like this one

must be an old style

 

 

K

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Many small railroads made their own sanding columns, so there was no standard design as such.

[Budliner]

thanks jeffrey

I appreciate it,

you may just be correct in that there are tons of home made sanders

I was hoping to see a prototype

 

 

K 

 

[csmith9474]

Here is a really nice brass sanding tower. It looks like it is just up your alley.

http://cgi.ebay.com/HO-BRASS-Overland-Robts-Schaefer-2-Trk-Sand-Facility_W0QQitemZ140041615613QQihZ004QQcategoryZ78178QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Budliner]

the price will go up on that

I try to keep them under $30

you think mine is a crude copy of that one

ouch .....if it is I got taken

 

 

K

[csmith9474]

the price will go up on that

I try to keep them under $30

you think mine is a crude copy of that one

ouch .....if it is I got taken

 

 

K

I thought you were looking for another one for some reason. It looks like you already scored a good deal, though.

[Budliner]

csmith you found a cool one there

mine looks like it may be a european design.

 

Ken

[Budliner]

well I got one of my tanks and as usual it looks like its trash

but you know me I dont give up that easy

hope you enjoy my post

 

 

Ken

[csmith9474]

It isn't trash, it is just a jewel in the rough!!

[Budliner]

looks like it has a string to a gauge on the side maby when the gauge is up the tank is empty and when its down its full, kind of cool

i'll have to get a shot of the float

oh ya csmith9474 I see what you mean next photo will show a nice shine

 

 

K

[csmith9474]

If you don't want it, let me know. There is a nice spot on my future layout for it!

[Budliner]

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[Budliner]

hello tweet

starting to look better

I have another on the way tell you what

next one I see I'll snag it for you,  its yours. I don't need any more

 

hmm.... starting to come around

 

 

Ken

 

[ericsp]

rrebell your right I did get it online

egmurphy I dont think the oil is the same tank, oil is too heavy, tank has to be small

but fuel ok

I did try to find that sanding column but nothing like this one

must be an old style

 

 

K

Almost all oils have a lower density than water. This is why oil slicks form on the surface of water.

[Budliner]

well here is an VERTICAL OIL TANK

looks like it will hold less mass!

but I don't know for sure

 

K

 

[Budliner]

been working on the railroad

and I like to post some photos looks like I ran in to a bit of a problem

the tank with this set is an N gauge

what's the deal you get something for $30 and one of the parts is the wrong gauge ouch

 

 

 

Ken

[Budliner]

here they are side by side comparison

 

K