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hclark6345 posted:

What is the purpose of the dog house ?  Does a crewman ride back there,  and if so,  why ?

Some state laws (such as Ohio) required that there be a seat for every crewman.  On the PRR, locomotives that had large cabs with 3 seats (like the H10s 2-8-0's) had seats for the engineer, fireman and head end brakeman.  Locomotives with smaller cabs (such as L1s 2-8-2's and I1s 2-10-0's) only had 2 seats in them so the tenders needed a 'doghouse'.

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