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For other uses, see Water stop (disambiguation).

A water stop or water station on a railroad is a place where trains stop to replenish water. "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track ( Permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another Water is a common Chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of Life. The stopping of the train itself is also referred to as "water stop". The term originates from the times of steam engines, when large amounts of water were essential. A steam engine is a Heat engine that performs Mechanical work using Steam as its Working fluid. In these times they were also called wood and water stops or coal and water stops, since it was reasonable to replenish engines with fuel as well. Fuel is any material that is burned or altered in order to obtain energy

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In early times, water stops were necessary every 7-10 miles and consumed much travel time. [1][2] With the introduction of tenders ("canteens"), trains could run 100-150 miles (160-240 km) without a refill. CanTeen, The Australian Organisation for Young People Living with Cancer, is the national support organisation for young people (aged 12-24 living with cancer including cancer

To accumulate the water, water stops employed water tanks, water towers and tank ponds. Water tanks are liquid storage containers these tanks are usually storing water for human consumption A water tower, watershed, or elevated water tower is a large elevated water storage container

In the United States, many water stops along new railways evolved into new settlements. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the When a train stopped for water and positioned by a water tower, the boilerman swung out the spigot arm over the water tender and "jerked" the chain to begin watering. Fireman (US or Boilerman (UK is the designation for someone whose job it is to tend the fire for the running of a Steam engine, typically a Steam locomotive This gave rise to a 19th century slang term "Jerkwater town" for towns too insignificant to have a regular train station. |}A train station, railway station, railroad station, or station yard is a facility at which Passengers may board and alight from Trains [3] The variants were "Jerktown" and "Jerkwater", which are still in use in the meaning of "insignificant",[4] although today "Jerktown" is rather understood as a "town of jerks". Jerkwater (meaning "contemptibly trivial" or "small and insignificant" is the name of an Indie rock trio

The water was initially pumped by windmills, watermills, or by hand pumps often by the train crew themselves. A windmill is a machine that is powered by the energy of the wind This article is about a type of structure For other locational uses see Milldam. Handpumps are used primarily in developing nations as a manually powered means of bringing water to the surface from a Borehole, Rainwater tank or well Later, small steam and gasoline engines were used. [5]

Isolated water stops were among favorite ambush places for train robbers. An ambush is a long-established military tactic, in which the aggressors (the ambushing force use Concealment to attack a passing enemy Train robbery is a type of Robbery, in which the goal is to steal Money or other valuables being carried aboard Trains They were more common in the past [6]

As the U. S. railroad system expanded, large numbers of tank ponds were built by damming various small creeks that intersected the tracks in order to provide water for water stops. Largemouth bass were often stocked in tank ponds, see "Bass fishing" for more. The largemouth bass ( Micropterus salmoides) is a Species of Fish in the sunfish family. Bass fishing is the sport of Angling for the North American gamefish known colloquially as the black bass. [7][8]

With the replacement of steam engines by diesel locomotives many of them, especially in deserted areas, have become ghost towns. Diesel or Diesel fuel (ˈdiːzəl in general is any Fuel used in Diesel engines The most common is a specific fractional distillate of petroleum A locomotive is a railway Vehicle that provides the motive power for a Train. A ghost town is a Town or City that has been abandoned usually because the economic activity that supported it has failed or due to natural or human-caused The town of Coalinga, California gets its name from the original coal stop at this location, Coaling A. Coalinga (koʊˈlɪŋɡə also pronounced by local residence as kʌˈlɪŋɡə is a city in Fresno County, California, United States.

See also

References

  1. ^ "History of Allen", a brochure about Allen, Texas
  2. ^ For example, a section of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad running in the Mojave Desert between Ludlow and Amboy had water stops spaced by 5-10 miles: Lavic, Ragtown, Ash Hill, Klondike, Siberia, Bagdad, see Google Maps, all eight of them being ghost towns now. A track pan ( American terminology or water trough ( British terminology is a device to enable a steam railway locomotive to replenish its water supply A track pan ( American terminology or water trough ( British terminology is a device to enable a steam railway locomotive to replenish its water supply A siding, in Rail terminology, is a track section distinct from a through route such as a main line or Branch line or spur Allen is a City in Collin County, Texas, United States, and a northern suburb of Dallas. The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad was a US Railroad that owned or operated two disjoint segments one connecting St For the indigenous American tribe see Mohave. The Mojave Desert (moʊˈhɑːvi or /məˈhɑːvi/ ( Hayikwiir Mat'aar in Mojave Ludlow is a small town in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Amboy is a nearly empty Ghost town in California 's Mojave Desert roughly 60 miles (97 km northeast of Twentynine Palms. Ragtown is a disappeared town in the Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Siberia is a disappeared town in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Bagdad is a Ghost town in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, United States, located east of Barstow A ghost town is a Town or City that has been abandoned usually because the economic activity that supported it has failed or due to natural or human-caused
  3. ^ Irving Lewis Allen (1993) "The City in Slang: New York Life and Popular Speech", Oxford University Press, ISBN 0195092651 p. 254
  4. ^ "Jerkwater", The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language ( AHD) is an American Dictionary of the English language published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. (accessed: October 03, 2007)
  5. ^ Maury Klein (2000) "The Life & Legend of E.H. Harriman", UNC Press, ISBN 0807825174 p. 142
  6. ^ Roy R. Edward Henry Harriman ( February 20 1848 &ndash September 9 1909) better known as E Roberg, Jack L. Kuykendall (1993) "Police & Society", Wadsworth Pub. Co. ISBN 0534198724, p. 81
  7. ^ Waterman, Charles F. , Black Bass & the Fly Rod, Stackpole Books (1993)
  8. ^ Ryan, Will, Smallmouth Strategies for the Fly Rod, Lyons & Burford Publishers (1996)
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