Re: Avoiding extra work - and vandalism - at the Lava pump house

Chris Walker Wrote:
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> Either lay a short siding or build a lineside
> cistern up grade from the tank and allow
> gravity to do the work.
> Set out the Tank(s) by Westbounds if a
> siding was used.


Right, Chris -

But there's no need for a new siding, just park a water car on the connector track as has been done previously — but instead of waiting for the train to get there, run a long hose over to the tank and fill it ahead of time during the preceding two or three days.  How big a pump would you need to pump two small tenders' worth of water 40 or 50 feet uphill into the tank – instead of 200 or 300 feet uphill from the river – over a 48-hour period?

Here's how it's been done in the past:


It would have been even easier if #315 had been parked below the connector track instead of above it . . .

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/18/2017 11:31AM by Russo Loco.