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How did they fire locomotives like this, with such a disparity between the cab floor and the tender deck? Was the backhead (and hence the clamshell doors) close to the end of the cab floor? Surely, they didn't have to climb into the cab while shoveling coal.DFF
The backhead likely continued to the back of the cab with the fire doors near the lower half to match the deck height of the tender.I believe all (at the very least, most) of the D&RGW narrow gauge 2-8-0s were built like this as well as countless other locomotives. I've attached a photo of D&RGW C-16 #278 that I shot this summer.