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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">All,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Looks like that layout was based on Williamson to me.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Tim Hensley<br></div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, November 25, 2024 at 08:28:34 PM EST, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:
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Thanks, Matt, for your reply. I have a much better understanding of ash pit locations. I now know where I want to locate an ash pit on my layout!</div>
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<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: Ash Pits</font>
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<div>And one more drawing from the 1947 cyclopedia that conveniently illustrates a modern N&W yard.
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<div>On Nov 25, 2024, at 9:16 AM, Matt Goodman <mgoodman312@icloud.com> wrote:</div>
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<div>Ash pits were located on one of the inbound leads to the engine house, clustered close to the sand, fuel, and water facilities. Attached are two an examples (fuel and water are not in the first image). </div>
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<div>The first image is demonstrating the location of a water softening plant in the 1947 Locomotive Cyclopedia. The second image is for a proposed yard on the N&W in Columbus. It was never built. </div>
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<div>On Nov 24, 2024, at 5:33 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:</div>
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In relation to the roundhouse, where were most ash pits located in the yard? Were they close to the round house or wherever was convenient in the yard?</div>
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