Photo showing the steam line [link)
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 08-27-2021 - 19:18

Click on this link and you'll be able to see the steam line Jack mentioned. It was a series of pipes that you pulled out and connected to the line on another locomotive or a passenger car.

[southern.railfan.net]

Most railroads used the cover plate shown in the photos in your original post. Southern Railway used two hinged doors that swung open as shown here.



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  F-unit Friday / Question SP 0-6-0 08-27-2021 - 17:28
  Re: F-unit Friday / Question Hot Water 08-27-2021 - 17:34
  Re: F-unit Friday / Question SP 0-6-0 08-27-2021 - 17:38
  Photo showing the steam line [link) OPRRMS 08-27-2021 - 19:18
  Photo of SP6190 with the cover plate removed [link) OPRRMS 08-27-2021 - 19:27


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