12-26-2013, 11:57 AM
BR60103 Wrote:A couple of questions (from someone who has only seen a camelback in a museum)
How did the engineer and fireman communicate?
What was in the other side of the cab? Surely they didn't put it on for symmetry.
The other side of the cab was still the Fireman's side. He could ride there when not shoveling coal. As for communication, I have wondered that myself. Being in the cab together on a regular hog has the benefits of having regular company for conversation, redundancy in operation and signal recognition, and knowing where your crewmembers are at all times. I would be very uncomfortable running a locomotive having a fireman back there (2 firemen in some cases, those fireboxes were huge) and not being able to see him and what was going on.
Dave
-Dave