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Pans's were used on a number of main lines but New York Central may have been the only line that they enjoyed any real success.  PRR tried them out as did the B&O.  The latter two had a lot of trouble with effectively scooping the water on the fly.  They either didn't get enough or had issues with the force of the water doing damage to the tender tank, ripping off the scoop, the scoop tearing up ties/roadbed, etc.  If you really needed water that bad and you didn't want to stop, build a bigger tender or do what the UP did and have an auxiliary water tender in tow behind the fuel tender.

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