After viewing photos of trestles, this reader noticed water barrels on platforms spaced along the trestle, which then sparked a series of questions.
Were these used only on wooden trestles? Or were they also needed on steel trestles? How were the barrels kept filled? And did they have covers to reduce evaporation?
Cody answers all of these questions in this video of Ask Trains. Don’t forget to check out The Model Railroader’s Guide to Bridges & Trestles.
Do you have questions on model railroading or full-size railroads? Send us an email at: AskTrains@trains.com
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Ask Trains is a regular video feature of Trains.com for magazine subscribers and Trains.com members, where editors answer the questions readers and viewers are asking.
Special guests can include editors and contributors from Model Railroader, Trains, Classic Toy Trains, Garden Railways and Trains.com.
Questions can be about any railroad or model railroading topic. These can include questions about railroad operating practices, railroad lantern manufacturer details, model locomotive details, and toy train transformers, among others.
Trains.com and Model Railroader Senior Editor Cody Grivno works through many of these questions, which are posted twice a week, each week, all year! See all our answers to questions online!
