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Southern Railway started using doghouses for the head brakemen so that he wouldn't have to cross the coal pile of a stoker-equipped engine when he needed to get back to the train. No hand-fired Southern engine had a doghouse; at least no information or photos of one have surfaced. <br />Some railroads used small cabs only good for two men, so the head brakeman was provided with a doghouse from which he could observe both sides of the train when running. PRR used small cabs and doghouses, so did N&W. <br />B&O put rather unsightly extensions on their cabs so the head brakeman would have a place to ride; Clinchfield put a brakeman's space on the water leg of some tenders and provided a window for his use.
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