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Can someone point me to an example were a single water tower (steam locomotive era) serviced 2 mainline tracks?
Perhaps at a wye?
Perhaps the water tower had two discharge nozzles on either side??
Here is one:
Looks like 2 different spouts.
That's what I had in mind
Days Gone Bye!
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Looks as if that photo was on the DRGW narrow gauge at Chama? Nice photo, Patrick!
Another method was to have the water tower well off to the side of the tracks and using water columns at the track.
Sep 12, 2019
My Application
I was originally going to try and put the water source on the track coming up from my helix structure to the top level,..figuring the steam engines would need some water after that climb. But I didn't have room for it over there.
So here is where I thought I would put it,...at the intersection of my loop of track that goes into that upper helix loop,...and the alternative loop I've provided for the trains to do another loop around the interior of the room.
So my thought was locate in between that 'Y'
Just need to modify that tank I have.
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