to take water was a significant limitation. The Railway Magazine reported a development by John Ramsbottom:

Ramsbottom arranged some experiments and showed that the forward motion of a scoop in a trough of water would force water up a connected pipe and into a tank. He calculated the quasi-static head produced by the forward motion:

The track is raised a little over a short distance at each end of the trough, so that the engine,

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