Steam Locomotive Terminals Operations

[dave1905]

Tom---here's another model of a wash rack

That's a wash rack for passenger cars or car body diesels.  Those wiper brushes would be useless on a steam engine.  A wash rack is the least critical part of a engine facility.

The most critical, in order:

1. Water
   
2. Fuel
   
3. Sand
   
4. Ash dump (only if coal fired)
   
5. Roundhouse/engine house
   
6. Wash rack
   
7. Back shop
   

The order and arrangement of the facilities depends on the shape of the property, how many engines are serviced and how many times the facilities were upgraded or rearranged.