I just put together the Walthers Part # 933-3043 steel water tank kit. The stand pipes that are used to fill the steam engine tenders are way to low . My question is should I extend the pipes to the correct height for the tenders on my lay out or should I raise the whole stand pipe mount and drain . Looking to see what anybody else has done to make it work.
Is the spout long enough to reach the locomotive?
LION would build the tower up on a stone foundation of some sort to make it taller, and would move it closer to the track so that the spout will reach.
ROAR
Although everything on your layout should look right, The spout on a tank was left in the up position, when not filling the tender’s tank. When the spout was lowered into the tender hatch, the spout went down into the tank. This would cause the spout to be to low, if you have your spout in the lowered position. I would say if the spout is in the up position and still to low, you’ve built an N scale water tank.
The photo on the web site shows a water column next to the water tank, not one hanging from the tank. Is yours different than this? Do the instructions show it attached to the tank or standing next to it?
Good luck,
Richard
I’d opt to extend the vertical pipe, and you could use either brass or styrene tubing for that purpose.
I use a combination of tank-mounted spouts and standpipes. The tanks are mostly from Atlas, but I replace the spouts with ones from Grandt Line:
For standpipes, I use mostly those from Tichy, either in conjunction with the Atlas tanks or scratchbuilt steel tanks without spouts.
For the double track past the main station, the Tichy spouts were too short to reach both tracks, so I built my own, using styrene tubing, brass wire and bits of styrene. The concrete pad is styrene, with the flared base made from the tip from a Bic pen. The longer spout is from Grandt Line. Below, the Tichy version is on the left, the scratchbuilt one to the right:
Here’s one of the scratchbuilt ones on the unfinished track near the main station, with the water tower to the right:
Wayne
Per Cowman’s post, he is exactly correct, this tank does use a stand pipe (water column) for the spout of this tank. On this type of arrangement, the spout on the stand pipe would be swung out of the way, (maybe parallel to the track) when not in use. The spout was counterweighted so the crew could lift it up and over the tender then push it down into the tender tank to fill. Your spout was meant to be positioned in the swung out of the way position.