Thomas Edison Train Films 1897-1906. Historic American Steam Trains

[uratrick]

How did they take water on the fly? What a wonderful historic film.

[wdtvlive42]

@uratrick

Taking water on the fly was quite easy - there would be a long area where a shallow trough of water ran between the rails, when the loco passed over this location they'd lower a scoop into the trough and the moving train would force water up the scoop and into the tender.

[uratrick]

@wdtvlive42 thanks

[airsoftbz123]

Such a Genius

[jet936]

Fascinating....many thanks.

[pyrofella]

Edison would be blown away if he knew we were watching this in 2011 on a thing called the Internet...... Great quality considering when it was filmed ... an amazing piece of history...loved it..Thanks