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Strasburg Railroad: camel-back locomotive
Posted: 13 Jun 2014, 19:09
by John Ashworth
A rare surviving example of a rather unusual locomotive. Must have been very uncomfortable for the footplate crew. Sadly they have no plans to restore it, as it is not a very practical locomotive for a heritage railway.
Photos by John Ashworth, 31 May 2014
Re: Strasburg Railroad: camel-back locomotive
Posted: 27 Jun 2014, 08:59
by John Ashworth
There's a photo of camel-backs in action in Scranton, Pennsylvania, around 1900, at
http://www.shorpy.com/node/9335?size=_original#caption
Re: Strasburg Railroad: camel-back locomotive
Posted: 28 Jun 2014, 09:36
by John Ashworth
A couple more photos which appeared in a thread on
Railroad.Net
Re: Strasburg Railroad: camel-back locomotive
Posted: 30 Jun 2014, 14:55
by Ian Roberts
- 1974-05-01 Strasburg 4 ( Reading 1187) A4-b 0-4-0T Baldwin 1903 634.jpg (91.43 KiB) Viewed 12288 times
A photo of this Loco taken in 1974 as Strasburg 4 when I believe she had recently come to the end of her boiler certification.
Ian
Re: Strasburg Railroad: camel-back locomotive
Posted: 04 Jul 2014, 07:07
by John Ashworth
Another one from Railroad.Net, a Lackawanna, with the Delaware water gap in the background, where the Delaware river cuts through the Appalachian Range on the border between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. I've hiked that part of the Appalachian Trail.
Re: Strasburg Railroad: camel-back locomotive
Posted: 08 Oct 2014, 20:40
by John Ashworth
CAMELBACK STEAM LOCOMOTIVES - A PORTOLIO OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF CENTER CAB STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
THIS SITE CONTAINS ABOUT THREE HUNDRED FIFTY PHOTOGRAPHS OF CAMELBACK STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
Re: Strasburg Railroad: camel-back locomotive
Posted: 04 Jan 2015, 07:17
by John Ashworth
Some video of camel backs in action - thanks to Philip for the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3IhC65QbQM