Guys, For what it is worth, at NTTM on the "S" layout, the water tank is set up away from the railroad and represents a water supply for the A/F Cattle Yard. The water gets into the tank by being pumped by a P-ville Windmill. This was done because the only Water tank available to the "S" layout had the spout brax broken off. Local Amish farmers at one time bought used R-R tank cars, had the dome removed and welded shut. Then they had the tank trucked to their farms, set on end on a concrete or block pedestal. The wind mill or the "diesel" then pumped water into the tank and the water flowed by gravity to the house and barn. Top 10 or 15 feet of the tank always higher than the second or higest floor of the house. Excess water simply ran onto the ground or into watering troughs placed around the barnyard. One local tank still plainly reads "GULF". Jim " the locals call this Paradise" Lyle
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