Trip To The E.B.T 8/8/10

[nachoman]

That's a great little railroad, and fine photos.

Most narrow gauge steam locomotives had very little room in the cab. Quite typically, the firebox doors were about even with, or even stuck out further than the back of the cab. As I understand it, this was done to keep the locomotive shorter. US potash #3 is a good example:

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Most US built narrow gauge 2-8-0s were similar. The engineer sat beside the firebox, and fireman split duty between the gangway and inside the cab. The larger Rio Grande 2-8-2s had roomier cabs, but keep in mind some of those were standard gauge boilers and cabs placed on narrow gauge frames, and were much bigger than the EBT 2-8-2s.