Water column
"Water column" in a Sentence (3 examples)
At Carlisle, as is customary, there was a very slow stop for the engine to draw to the water column.
There could be no easy reversion to the pre-electrification timetable, as that provided for working over the Hyndland branch, which no longer existed, and new stations had come into use at Hyndland and Garscadden; moreover, water columns all along the routes concerned had been removed.
Recent acquisitions include LMS open No 7991, formerly on the Severn Valley Railway, several wagons and a swan-necked water column.