Thanks for the illustration BigJim. Been a bit of a mystery to me for a little while...
I think you will find that the throttle works very similar to the following:
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Greg, it's the first photo in IMAGES wheen you Google Camelback Locomotive Cab Interior. The loco is an eight-wheeler (4-4-0) and the engineer's cab is completely missing - probably awaiting restoration, since the loco doesn't appear damaged otherwise.
Chuck
Thanks for the info. Any possibility you could share that photo? Thanks.
greg
Just looked at a photo of a 'de-cabbed' camelback. The throttle appears to have been mounted to the valve operating shaft sticking out of the engineer's side of the steam dome.
The Russian decapods had a similar dome fitting, connected to the throttle in the cab by a reach rod. Dome throttles with outside linkages were also standard on all later Japanese locomotives.
I was curious about how a Camelback loco throttle is mounted.
Thanks.
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