<div dir="ltr">Carl, here are some color wooden tank pics, to give some idea of the color. Be aware these are probably not perfect renditions.<div>Mike Rector</div><div><img src="cid:ii_mb77sab22" alt="image.png" width="562" height="380"></div><div><img src="cid:ii_mb77sti43" alt="image.png" width="562" height="391"></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_mb77syu94" alt="image.png" width="562" height="383"></div><div><br></div><div>this one is pretty dark with soot and/or weathered wood and lack of stain.</div><div><img src="cid:ii_mb77tkfp5" alt="image.png" width="562" height="369"><br><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM NW Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Steel tanks were black. Wooden tanks were a reddish-brown, like structure trim of the era.<br>
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Best<br>
Ken Miller<br>
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> On May 27, 2025, at 11:46 AM, NW Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> What color did the NW paint their wooden and steel water tanks?<br>
> <br>
> Carl Barna<br>
> Emmaus, PAFrom: NW-Mailing-List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org</a>> on behalf of NW Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>><br>
> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2025 10:10 PM<br>
> To: NW Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: Steel Water Tank Question<br>
> The water tower in Clare Yards in Cincinnati was an open top. I have photo rom above, so don't forget to model the dead birds floating on top.<br>
> Stephen Rineair<br>
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> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2025 7:20:46 PM<br>
> Subject: Re: Steel Water Tank Question<br>
> <br>
> As a follow up, an answer to my question was hinted at in the instructions to a water tank kit produced by Tichy. A short paragraph stated that some railroads “in temperate climates” didn’t install tops to their tanks. So that at least confirmed that petticoat junction-style open top steel tanks were a real thing. <br>
> Today I also found the standard plans for the tanks in question in my original email, which confirmed the open top for the specific tanks I asked about:<br>
> <a href="https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=13303" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=13303</a><br>
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> The “why” question is still an open one. Possibly as simple as reducing costs, and maybe soot wasn’t an issue. <br>
> <br>
> Matt Goodman<br>
> Columbus, Ohio, US<br>
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> On May 23, 2025, at 7:12 PM, Matt Goodman <<a href="mailto:mgoodman312@icloud.com" target="_blank">mgoodman312@icloud.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hey everyone, <br>
> This past couple weeks I’ve been exploring the ODOT (Ohio Department of Transportation) Aerial Image Archive (here: <a href="https://gis3.dot.state.oh.us/ODOTAerialArchive/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gis3.dot.state.oh.us/ODOTAerialArchive/</a>).<br>
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> The first place I looked was the Dorney coaling station south of Columbus. The high water tank (the “raw” or untreated water) was open on top (as expected) but I was surprised to see that the two low 200K treated / storage tanks also appeared to be open. That surprised me, so I started down to check other locations. <br>
> <br>
> The nearest location with a similar set up is Portsmouth, and it too shows open tops on the treated tanks. <br>
> <br>
> To me this is unintuitive since the treated water would be exposed to soot - especially in the Portsmouth yard - which would then make its way through the locomotive appliances, etc. <br>
> <br>
> Does anyone have any comments on why this was done? Rain water harvesting? Maybe soot / cinder doesn’t really cause problems?<br>
> <br>
> Attached are Dorney (top -1959) and Portsmouth (bottom - 1954)<br>
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