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276122 Ray S. <rsheley@r...> 2022‑08‑10 Re: Off Topic About Steam Locomotive
This is the part I found interesting,
"The track is raised a little over a short distance each end of the trough, so
that the engine, and the scoop which may already be lowered, descend into the
trough:"

After reading your E-mail but before getting to this my engineering mind started
thinking about the walls at each end and about the engine speed making it
improbable that a scoop would be mechanically lowered with precision no matter
how long the trough.
Clever, as was the speed testing.
Our ancestors were a sharp bunch.


-----Original Message-----
From: oldtools@g...  On Behalf Of gtgrouch@r...
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 2:43 PM
To: 'oldtools@g...' 
Subject: [oldtools] Off Topic About Steam Locomotive

I know this is off topic, but I just learned about it, and I can't help sharing.

Water troughs were built between the rails on a train track so that locomotives
could scoop up water without stopping.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_trough

I never knew that! Gary Katsanis
Albion New York, USA

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