Invention and Engineering

Camelback locomotive

A camelback locomotive (also known as a Mother Hubbard or a center-cab locomotive) is a type of steam locomotive with the driving cab placed in the middle, astride the boiler. Camelbacks were fitted with wide fireboxes which would have severely restricted driver visibility from the normal cab location at the rear.

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• ▸LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0
• ▸Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer
• ▸Ellen Swallow Richards

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