Railroaders Superstitions.

[Brakie]

If I were a engineer, anyone urinating in my cab, firebox or not, would be thrown off while crossing the tallest trestle on the line.

I suppose a lot of those superstitions got started in the early years of railroading and whizzing against the firebox was preferable over whizzing on the wood pile. Even in 50's the head end crew would whiz on the coal pile.