Walthers Cornerstone 3817 (N) Steel Water Tank -- Kit
Kit - 2 x 2 x 4-1/2" 5 x 5 x 11.4cm
Walthers Part # 933-3817
N scale
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Add detail to your steam locomotive servicing facility with the Walthers Cornerstone Steel Water Tank. A must-have for any steam-era N Scale layout, equipment like this could be found in terminals large and small. Water was vital to railroad operations in the days of steam. Thousands of gallons were needed to keep the engines hot and the railroad running. As locomotives grew bigger, older tanks were unable to meet demand. When steel plate became cheap enough to use as a building material in the 1920s, railroads began replacing decaying wooden towers with all-steel designs.