I received this picture awhile back from a model railroad friend labeled “First Cab Forward?”
Mel
Modeling the early to mid 1950s SP in HO scale since 1951
My Model Railroad
http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/
Bakersfield, California
I’m beginning to realize that aging is not for
Nice try pal. Here’s the REAL first cab forward:
North Pacific Coast #21, built 1901.
Available in model form by Wiseman Model Services:
Ed
Here’s a sharper view:
Bignells_367 by Edmund, on Flickr
Inspection locomotives were all the rage in the 1900’s. Seems like every railroad executive had to have one. Some were very fancy.
Regards, Ed
That’s what I was looking for, thanks Ed. No offense 7j43k, I was looking for a better picture and or more information. I’m assuming its Palmer Massachusetts.
Mel
Modeling the early to mid 1950s SP in HO scale since 1951
My Model Railroad
http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/
Bakersfield, California
I’m beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
More likely, Palmer, Nebraska?
Enjoy, Ed
The locomotive in the picture shows the CB&Q lettering on the cab. So it would been located there.
Ed:
That North Pacific Coast locomotive appears to have an interesting feature: the boiler is raised at the cab end. To me, that suggests that it was used on a persistently steep incline, with the cab end downhill regardless of the direction of travel (otherwise the boiler water level would be below the firebox.) I would appreciate input from those with more knowledge.
Jim