@Hot Water posted:Depending on the speed, anywhere from about 5000 to 10,000 gallons. The NYC "water scooping" operation/process was not necessarily to fill the tender completely, but to continually scoop water at every track pan. The PT tenders were designed for scooping water at up to 80 MPH.
The scoop design and track pan design was such that the scoop was only "into the water" about 2 to 3 inches, i.e. just scooping off the top of the track pan.
That is a good point, if it was any deeper the water would act like a brake on a rocket sled, it could potentially cause all kinds of havoc. I used to wonder about then when I ready about it a long time ago, thinking of this scoop deep in the water, but with a couple of inches the decelerative force would be relatively small.
