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Reply to "How exactly do auxiliary water cars for steam engines work?"

@Andrew Boyd posted:

This is a topic that's perplexed me for quite a while. Especially when it comes to the water cars used on Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern excursions.

Do the locomotives have the water transferred to their main tenders when stopped somehow?

The "transfer" is continuous, as the auxiliary tender was level is continuously seeking the same level in the main tender. There are twin flexible hoses (about 4" diameter with quick disconnect Cam-loc fittings) at the lowest portion of each auxiliary tender and the rear of the main tender. No matter whether stopped or moving, the "transfer" is continuous.

Is there a set of tubes that move the water from the canteen to the main tender?

Twin flexible water hoses.

I'm really curious as to how they work.

Think gravity.

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