Originally Posted by WestinghouseEMDdemoguy:
I really love steam engines that pull tenders with a doghouse on them. But what is their purpose? Why do only a few tenders have them and most importantly, what's inside the doghouse? Just wondering.
I have head manny reasons for the dog house. My uncle (employed by the B&O) told me that in certain counties in a regime of the country requires them on the tender for a brakeman to use while going threw their counties, that what he heard. He also said that is where they would send the crewman who had a odor or gas problem. Not sure that is all true or part off.
