Strasburg Railroad: camel-back locomotive

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Strasburg Railroad: camel-back locomotive

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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.

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The tender is standing at the wrong end of the loco.
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There's a photo of camel-backs in action in Scranton, Pennsylvania, around 1900, at http://www.shorpy.com/node/9335?size=_original#caption
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A couple more photos which appeared in a thread on Railroad.Net
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1974-05-01 Strasburg  4 ( Reading 1187) A4-b 0-4-0T Baldwin 1903 634.jpg
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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.

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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.
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CAMELBACK STEAM LOCOMOTIVES - A PORTOLIO OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF CENTER CAB STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
THIS SITE CONTAINS ABOUT THREE HUNDRED FIFTY PHOTOGRAPHS OF CAMELBACK STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
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Some video of camel backs in action - thanks to Philip for the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3IhC65QbQM
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