Re: Hinckley & Schmitt water car
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Ian Cranstone
I remember getting a fairly intensive tour of a former Canadian Northern Ten-Wheeler some years ago, which included a good look inside the tender. Along with interior baffles to keep the water from sloshing around too much were some interior steam lines which could be utilized in cold weather – and given that a number of these engines were employed on the Canadian prairies in some very cold winter months, I would imagine that such lines were standard equipment. Thinking about it, I would imagine that the tender would either have to be drained or exterior steam lines connected if the engine were allowed to sit fireless for any period of time during the winter months. And to keep it freight car related, some tank cars were equipped with interior steam lines as well. I would imagine that company service water cars would have needed steam connections on a continuing basis as well. Ian Cranstone
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