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Just some thoughts...NYC Niagara's had those special ports on the lower edge of their PT tenders to serve as overflow  control so the trains could safely accomodate the water pans used along the tracks. The firemen would lower the water scoop as the engine approached the water pan. Water was scooped in and forced at speed (usually 70-80 mph) into the tender with excess water being blown out those overflow ports along the trucks. That saved the tender from overfilling pressure and blowing out the walls of the tender. As the engine neared the end of the water pan track, the firemen would raise the tender scoop.  Failure to raise the scoop meant the scoop crashed and got left behind. The use of the water pans was to eliminate time spent to stop for water from the normal water towers.

BTW, that feature as shown in the prototype photo would only occur when the train was over the water pan. This would not be seen elsewhere and it would not be something that would be going on all of the time. Where it is an interesting feature on the model, in real life it would be jets of overflow water coming out and not smoke or steam.

Oh, BTW. The correct name is Niagara like the river and falls. Not Niagra which might be a knock off of a little blue pill. Lol.

 

 

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