I mostly model the SP circa the early 1950's. My layout service yard area is under construction. I have a "full service area." It has water tanks as well as a water column. It also has a coaling tower. Hot Water will ask why, since I am modeling SP. The answer is I have an SP Berkshire that is a coal burner along with some other livery locomotives that are coal burners. I was looking for a prototypical oil column. There was an interesting article in the SP H & TS magazine which is called, "Trainline." The article was about the "standard" oil column used by the SP. It was a "Rose" oil column. Here are some pics and a "blueprint" of that oil column. In my research, I could not find a "Rose" oil column in O scale. I ended up buying the Precision brass oil column. I haven't painted it yet. I also could not find that many pics of oil colums...particularly the "Rose" oil column. Here's the stuff I found. Anyone know if they make a "Rose" oil column in O scale? Matt
