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Tom

Not at all. In regular passenger service, the Class J never used a canteen or A tank. That said, before the end of steam powered passenger service, all the Js were equipped to handle the canteen or A tank, but as far as anyone knows, they only used them in freight service.

Water columns were spotted at the platforms so that the steam locomotives could take water during a station stop.

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Ken Miller

> On Feb 24, 2020, at 8:54 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> I did have a question about 611 however. Virtually all of the video I saw of 611 showed an additional water tank car behind the tender. (The A tank?) I understand why that might be needed for today. Probably not nearly as many spots to water up these days. But was this also typical back in the day? I assume that if it was, it would be the longer haul passenger lines like the Powhatan Arrow, the Pocohantas, and the Cavalier.