They must have been a hardy lot to have endured the discomfort afforded by the exposed nature of these earlier locomotives. Working tender-first was even more unpopular although some locos had a drop-sheet which was kept rolled up on top of the cab. I wonder how long it took the railway companys to install that small concession to the elements?
Plenty of cab detail here for the precision scale modeller. Note the ever-present billy-cans above the firebox door, always on hand for that cheering brew of tea! This loco is also working at Chesterfield Roundhouse this weekend at the 2008 Rail Power Exhibition.
The brass framed cicular windows swivelled through 90 degrees for a clearer forward view
'Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant.'
