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[[File:Trumpetb BackheadFull.jpg|thumb|right|500px|This image is of the 2-6-0 Mogul (1907) Boston & Maine #1455 at Danbury Railway Museum (CT). The photo has been "enhanced" with the labels and "X-Ray vision" of the injector.]] | [[File:Trumpetb BackheadFull.jpg|thumb|right|500px|This image is of the 2-6-0 Mogul (1907) Boston & Maine #1455 at Danbury Railway Museum (CT). The photo has been "enhanced" with the labels and "X-Ray vision" of the injector.]] | ||
The [[Boiler backhead|backhead]] of a steam locomotive is the end of its firebox facing inside the cab. Most of the locomotive’s controls used by the locomotive’s engineer and fireman are mounted on the backhead. All the controls needed to manage the firebox’s fuel intake, boiler’s steam pressure, the locomotive’s speed and direction, and a whole lot more are within easy reach of its crew. | |||
== Backhead Components == | == Backhead Components == | ||
Revision as of 14:24, 8 March 2022
The backhead of a steam locomotive is the end of its firebox facing inside the cab. Most of the locomotive’s controls used by the locomotive’s engineer and fireman are mounted on the backhead. All the controls needed to manage the firebox’s fuel intake, boiler’s steam pressure, the locomotive’s speed and direction, and a whole lot more are within easy reach of its crew.
Backhead Components
Gallery
Shay backhead showing the syphon protecting the pressure gauge.
View of the backhead of Fran Mann's 5001, rebuilt by Vance Nickerson in 2018.
Throttle handle of screw valve throttle on backhead of boiler.
The two valves marked "H" are Tri-cocks.
This fire door frame was fitted with 5-40 countersunk machine screws. Photo by Charlie Pipes.
