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A camelback locomotive (also known as a Mother Hubbard or a center-cab locomotive) is a type of steam locomotive with the driving cab placed in the middle, astride the boiler. Camelbacks were fitted with wide fireboxes which would have severely restricted driver visibility from the normal cab location at the rear.
"Camel" steam locomotives were designed and built by Ross Winans around 1847 and 1848. These locomotives had the cab located on top of the boiler perhaps like a saddle on a camel's back, yet had narrow fireboxes situated between the driving wheels.
Camelbacks were generally smaller locomotives since by the time 2-8-2 or 4-6-2 locomotives became common, the dangers of the center cab had led the Interstate Commerce Commission to discourage...
Detailed 2-6-0 steam locomotive with working lights and smoke. Powerful 7-pole Bühler precision can-type ball-bearing motor. Numerous moulded-on and separately applied details including lights, brake cylinders, bumpers, smoke stack, tanks, piping, handrails, and more. A working 5-volt smoke unit
25 sie 2024 · There were two distinctive types of Camelbacks, the "Camel" and "Mother Hubbard." The Camel steam locomotives, conceptualized and constructed by the innovative engineer Ross Winans in the late 1840s, represent a remarkable chapter in the history of railway technology.
Interesting camelback with a surprisingly light look to it. The anthracite-burner had the large Wooten firebox at the back of which was a full windscreen for the fireman. The center cab has a steam dome squeezed between it and the tall pipe stack and large headlight.
CAMELBACK STEAM LOCOMOTIVES. 1 0-4-0 & 0-6-0. 0-4-0 TYPE SWITCHERS. READING RAILROAD. Reading A-4-b 1240 was built by Baldwin in 1902 and scrapped in 1948. Note the lack of a fireman's shelter. Atlantic City, NJ June 18, 1916. ... L 50 was built by Cooke in 1910 and scrapped in 1947.
