Water trough
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A water trough, or track pan, is a device to enable a steam locomotive to replenish its water supply while in motion. It consists of a long trough filled with water, lying between the rails. When a st
New York Central Railroad's Empire State Express takes on water from the track pan at Palatine, New York, in 1905.
Ramsbottom water troughs on a four-line stretch of the West Coast Main Line, England, in 1904
Diagram of LNWR tender apparatus from 1862
LSWR K10 class locomotive with "water cart" tender
Standedge Tunnels
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The Standedge Tunnels are four parallel tunnels through the Pennine hills at the Standedge crossing between Marsden in Kirklees, West Yorkshire and Diggle in Oldham, Greater Manchester in northern Eng
Water trough
…length of straight and level track (although very large radius curves could be accommodated). For instance, the LNWR placed water troughs within the Standedge Tunnels, as they were the only sufficiently straight and level portion of the line between Huddersfield and Manchester. There must be a good water supply nearby…
Tunnel End Cottages and the canal portal at Marsden
Inside the canal tunnel
The 1848 and 1871 tunnel portals at Diggle
The eastern portals of the tunnels