I was once again admiring my new M-4a 2-10-4 that Bob Campbell sold me when
something struck me. It has no tender doghouse for the headend brakeman. I
model both CB&Q and D&RGW in HO. Almost all of the D&RGW locos, including the
later narrow gauge 2-8-2s, had tender doghouses. I looked through Corbin and
found no CB&Q engines with a tender doghouse.
My understanding is that an agreement between the railroads and the unions in
the early 20th century called for a seat protected from the elements for the
headend brakeman on all freight and dual service locomotives. This called for
either a seat in the cab or a tender doghouse. Now the M-4a, O-5, and other
larger locos obviously had room in their large cabs for an additional seat for
the brakeman, but numerous locos such as the O-1a's had small cabs which would
not have had much room for additional crew.
Did the Q have any steam locos with tender doghouses? If not, how did they
accommodate extra crew in the cab, especially on smaller locos? This could
have created some unpleasant circumstances, especially across Iowa and Nebraska
in winter, although a tender doghouse could not have been well heated. How
did the Q handle this dilemma?
- John Manion
Denver, CO
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