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From my understanding they were banned from use in the 1930's, due to a new ruling that deemed them "Unsafe". I suppose that this was because of a lack of communication between the brakemen and locomotive crew. I think the railroads left them on top because it wouldn't hurt to leave them there, and they could be used for extra storage; I'm not sure. But they certainly aren't out of the ordinary, here at the St. Louis Museum of Transport, we have four locomotives that still sport their "Dog houses". Most of them weren't original though, the railroads put them there, after the loco was delivered. My question though is why our N&W #2156 has a doghouse, even though it was built in 1942, after the dog house ban was put into effect. Anyone know of this?
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