What is it?

Tue Oct 26 12:41:29 EDT 2021

The stainless steel buckets MAY have been used on the diners as grease buckets to put old grease, but I’d suspect they needed lids to keep the stuff from spilling in train service. 

As far a dope (waste) buckets, generally, those had a lid to keep the dirt out of the bearing packing materials.

Best
Ken Miller

> On Oct 26, 2021, at 8:29 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> There buckets that are stainless steel buckets/pots that I believe that were used on the passenger trains.
> I have only seen one, so I bought it.
> Stephen Rineair
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> Well it’s a bucket used for just about anything you can use a bucket for it has no special propose. They where used for dope buckets, paint
> buckets many other uses there must be a gazillon of them out there I have seen at least four this month in antique stores plus I have a few
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> On Oct 25, 2021, at 4:38 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> I have one that came with a good clue:  waste (ends of cotton thread balled up)  used on steam locos to start fires and other uses
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> Skip Salmon
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> The Rural Retreat Depot Museum received this donation yesterday at our 10th Anniversary celebration. It is in 
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> perfect condition.  What's is it? Thanks! 
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