Steam engines consume a steady diet of coal and water as they go, burning coal to boil the water that turns to steam, and so the larger stations along this line, such as Shoufeng and Yuli, used to be equipped with towers for coal and water.
因為蒸汽火車要靠煤炭燒水產生蒸汽，所以沿途要吃煤喝水，幾個大站如壽豐、玉里都有加水塔和煤台。