Water stops

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Jim - 

Uncoupling engines from the trains to take water was specified in the Employee Timetable, and depended on local conditions.  Consult your local TT for data.

Impossible to tell how long it took.  Depends on how low the water was in the tender, etc.

EdKing

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Sent: Monday, October 29, 2018 10:18 AM
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Subject: Water stops

During steam operations when a locomotive was going to take water on the road, was it the usual practice to uncouple the locomotive from the rest of the consist in order to position the locomotive at the water plug? 

Also, approximately how long would it take to top off the water in a tender? I understand the answer is variable given the capacity of any given tender and how much water was required to fill it up.

I'd like to incorporate this type of prototype operation in my model railroad operating scheme.

Thanks.

Jim Brewer
Glenwood MD


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