what is it

[unkaboose]

what is this used for, thanks. i recieved my father in laws collection and now have over 100 locos ( diesel and steam) in HO, more rolling stock than i care to count, a ton of track and assorted buildings and construction vehicles and assorted trucks. im going thru the locos 1 at a time cleaning and testing , time is something i have plenty of at the moment

 

[bnsf971]

That is a coaling tower. It would be used to fill the coal bunkers on the tenders of steam locomotives.

 

[tootnkumin]

You have to stand them up though to make them work

 

[unkaboose]

You have to stand them up though to make them work

lol, my new phone tips my pics sometimes

 

[flyboy2610]

You can open a free account at Photobucket, upload the pics to there, then link to them from here. You can do a lot to the pics on Photobucket, rotate, resize, etc.