K2 126 with doghouse

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The doghouse may have been there for several reasons. One would be one 
or more states may have had rules on how much seating space had to be 
provided in a locomotive cab.

Another might be internal RR safety determinations, that the brakey 
could get back onto freight car tops whithout having to climb over the 
coal pile, especially if there was a stoker screw running.

And, there were many an engineer that did not want a brakeman in his 
cab. To the hogger, the brakeman was there to apply brakes, even if 
there was train air. There were a hanfful of that ilk on the Nickel 
Plate right to the end of WWII.

     WJPowers

On 4/29/2020 10:38 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> Rob
>
> Technically, they were known as “brakeman’s cupola” but the obvious “doghouse” nickname carries on.
>
> They were for the headend brakeman to ride and be able to watch over the train easier, than looking back out of the cab of the locomotive.
>
> Remember this was in the days before dynamic braking and roller bearings, hence the need to watch for a hotbox or sticking brakes more.
>
> Best
> Ken Miller
>
>> On Apr 29, 2020, at 10:29 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>>
>> What was the purpose of having someone sitting in the doghouse? What was he supposed to do that required him to be in that exact place?
>>   
>> Rob Doorack
>> North Andover, MA
>>   
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>>   
>> Gotta imagine that was a smoky hell-hole for a brakeman sitting in there while rolling along at high speed.
>>
>>      WJPowers
>>
>> On 4/28/2020 12:14 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>>
>> I found I had a better photo of K2 126 showing the tender doghouse.
>>   
>> Winston-Salem September 15, 1954.
>>   
>> --Rick Morrison
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