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Canada also had water troughs
IN THE May 2018 issue, the excellent feature Making a Splash indicated only two other nations – France and the USA – adopted water troughs. In fact there was a third – Canada.
These were located on the Canada Southern Railway, leased by the Michigan Central Railway, and later controlled by New York Central.
The MCRR-NYC installed pans a quarter-of-a-mile long, 18
