A Homemade Lionel style 193 Industrial Water Tower added to Old Train board
I have an American Flyer 772 Checker Board Water Tower on my new train board but none for the old train board. The AF 772 water tower came without the checker board decal or plastic film so I painted a checker board pattern on it. I had a Marx beacon light tower without a top.
I decided to make a Lionel style 193 Industrial Water Tower to fit on the Marx tower. I used a mailing tube to make the tank and card board for the sloped roof. I installed a flashing light on top from a mini Christmas tree light flasher bulb painted with red latex paint and installed a 20 ohm resistor in series to cut the voltage a little to increase the bulb life. I added a ladder up the side of the tank and plan to make a pump house to set at the tower base in the future.
I chose to label my Industrial Water Tower with the town name of Spencer, N.C. The location of the water tower will be on the old train board near my mountain as well as close to my turntable and round house. I picked Spencer, N.C. as the location because it is mountainous and the old Southern Railroad repair facility, Spencer Shops Roundhouse and Turntable are there. It is now called the North Carolina Transportation Museum with most buildings restored, and now includes many steam locomotives, diesels and old automobiles and planes. The N.C. Transportation Museum is well worth visiting as well as the General 4-4-0 in Marietta, GA. as we did in 2017.
Lets hear from some more of you great OGR forum builders.
Charlie
