Athearn Mikado make over

[doctorwayne]

Andrew, that pipe comes from the loco's steam dome, and terminates in a fitting on the smokebox front. In service, it was used to provide steam to a Barber-Greene Sno-Loader, a device that picked up snow, dumped it into a tender and melted it. Used mostly in yards, I'd guess, where there was limited room to use a plow. Here's a scan of a photo from an unknown source:


...and here's a clearer look at the pipe in question:


Wayne