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November 9, 2021 at 2:20 pm
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If you have the Condensed Profile for this area or an employee timetable it will show where the water tanks were placed and you can determine the mileage between each. The ‘unknown’ factor is how much water was remaining in the tender when additional water was added. There are several period steam locomotive manuals that provide detailed statics on water usage; do a Google search on the ‘book’ area and you’ll see several examples.
