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During my tenure as president of [[Southwestern Live Steamers|SWLS]] I became inspired to build this car. The original inspiration to build it came from running in the [[Comanche & Indian Gap Railroad|C&IG]] during one of Texas' famous droughts. There were several trackside fires started and all were in areas where a hose was not available. The other inspiration was to do a series of articles to run in the club newsletter on how to build it with no machine tools. The Tank is functional holding 23 Gals. The car also has a demand pressure pump and battery built in for fighting those trackside fires. Trucks and Couplers by Mountain Car Co. | During my tenure as president of [[Southwestern Live Steamers|SWLS]] I became inspired to build this car. The original inspiration to build it came from running in the [[Comanche & Indian Gap Railroad|C&IG]] during one of Texas' famous droughts. There were several trackside fires started and all were in areas where a hose was not available. The other inspiration was to do a series of articles to run in the club newsletter on how to build it with no machine tools. The Tank is functional holding 23 Gals. The car also has a demand pressure pump and battery built in for fighting those trackside fires. Trucks and Couplers by Mountain Car Co. | ||
== Articles == | |||
* [http://ibls.org/files/2023/GerryStuteville/GerryStuteville_tankcar1.pdf Tank car article #1 (PDF)] | |||
== Gallery == | |||
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Revision as of 09:17, 15 March 2023
26 August 2006
My Second scratch built car!
During my tenure as president of SWLS I became inspired to build this car. The original inspiration to build it came from running in the C&IG during one of Texas' famous droughts. There were several trackside fires started and all were in areas where a hose was not available. The other inspiration was to do a series of articles to run in the club newsletter on how to build it with no machine tools. The Tank is functional holding 23 Gals. The car also has a demand pressure pump and battery built in for fighting those trackside fires. Trucks and Couplers by Mountain Car Co.
