tarboat's photos with the keyword: water tank

Manoora station is on the now closed line from a junction at Roseworthy to Peterborough, South Australia. This broad standard gauge line reached Manoora on 21 February 1870. Passenger services ended here in January 1984 and grain trains last used this line in 2004. The station remains in increasingly decrepit condition including this water tower constructed of local stone. On the tank can still just be seen the remains of the advertising that was commonly seen on such structures in South Australia.

Coaling stage outside the colliery locomotive shed at Beamish Museum.

Prairie 4144 departs Bewdley on the Severn Valley Railway passing Pannier 1501 between the water tanks.

An egg-ended boiler in re-use as a water tank at Beamish Museum. These externally fired boilers were common in the mid-19th century and were particularly popular at collieries and ironworks.

Water tank at Dromod shed on the Cavan & Leitrim Railway. Although the line closed in 1959, this end has seen a revival by preservationists and the tank is now back in use for watering their steam locomotive.

Three large Braithwaite Tanks provide water storage at the Nyrstar lead/zinc smelter at Port Pirie, South Australia.

The Eritrean Railway reached the town of Keren in 1922 but was closed by 1975. Whilst the station is now used as a market and bus station there are still a number of railway relics surviving. This water tank provides advertising for a local business.

Water tank and water crane at the disused railway terminus at Burra in South Australia.

The Silverton Tramway was built to a gauge of 3ft 6ins and ran from Silverton to Cockburn where it linked to the state railway network. When the main line was rebuilt in 1970 to standard gauge by the government between Broken Hill and Cockburn the Silverton Tramway closed with the section from Broken Hill to Silverton completely abandoned. The track remains in places along with this water tank at Silverton. When a friend looked into the tank it contained just a single Western Brown Snake!

The water tank at Cockburn is one of the most obvious remains of the extensive railway yard that once existed here when the narrow gauge trains ran from Broken Hill. The standard gauge trains on the nearby new line don't stop here and don't require water.

Water tank at the disused railway terminus at Burra in South Australia.

Water tank at Quorn on the Pichi Richi Railway, South Australia. The South Australian Railways seem to have made the most of selling advertising opportunities on their water tanks across the state.

Railway water tanks at Menindee. Clearly a lot of water capacity was required here in steam days.

Water tank at Quorn on the Pichi Richi Railway, South Australia. The South Australian Railways seem to have made the most of selling advertising opportunities on their water tanks across the state.

Beyer Garratt NG143 takes water at Caernarfon before heading the last train of the day back to Porthmadog. These ex South African locomotives seem to be ideal for this line and easily handle the trains.

A selection of infrastructure at the Scunthorpe steelworks.

4wDM 'Morris' (works number 2028) was built at Motor Rail (Simplex) Works in Bedford in 1920 and started out at Exeley & Sons Ltd in Shropshire from new. In 1935 the original petrol engine was replaced by a modern diesel design then was sold that year to Davy Morris Works in Loughborough (hence the name), working there until withdrawal in the late 1980s. It is seen here arriving at Brownhills West on the Chasewater Railway during the Industrial Railway Society AGM day at the railway.

A Braithwaite modular tank at Scunthorpe Steelworks. The Braithwaite company dates back to 1884 under the name of Braithwaite and Kirk at Crown Bridge Works, West Bromwich. Today the business continues as part of the Rowecord Group. www.braithwaite.co.uk