John,
To the best of my knowledge, Q and many other RRs, never applied
doghouses to their locomotive tenders. In most cases, the headend
brakeman was accommodated in the cab and, certainly, the square cabs on
the earlier 2-10-4s appear to have had enough room. Those with the
sloped front may have been a little tighter, When the hudsons were used
in freight service in later years, a small alcove was added to the back
wall of the cab on the fireman's side to accommodate an additional jump
seat. I think the the law required a seat, it did not specify how large
that had to be! Seat boxes on most steam locomotives were usually
pretty utilitarian compared to most modern diesels. On the O-1a mikes,
I am sure that the seats for both the fireman and head brakeman were
quite small because of the narrow space. I once rode in the cab of O-5
#5626 and it had a full seat for both the fireman and the head
brakeman, but that was a large cab.
Of the major RRs in steam days, the Pennsy and the D&RGW were the
primary users of dog houses. Most others found a way to accommodate the
head brakeman in the cab.
Bill Barber
On Wednesday, February 16, 2005, at 08:06 AM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:52:28 +0000
> From: railbass@comcast.net
> Subject: Tender Doghouses
>
> 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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