The Portland Locomotive Works built this unusual 4 wheel tank steam engine for the Panama Railroad in 1865. The controls were mounted on the left and for some reason the firebox door is located on the right side next to the man posing on the locomotve. Where the fuel was carried is not clear. The gauge was 5 feet, driver diameter 42" with cylinders of 12 x 18".
4 comments:
Was this a canal locks locomotive?
I doubt that it was designed for the canal as it opened in 1914.
that dirty hobo wasn't supposed to be in the photograph.
Might "Colon." = "Colonial"?
--rats
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