Left-side profile of MWCR 9 - Waumbec at the station before the day's ascent         
That horizontal cylinder above the front drive wheel is a feedwater heater, which takes the water from the tender's axle pump and pre-heats it with exhaust before it is injected into the boiler.
Date: 9/12/2015 Location: Marshfield Station, NH   Map Show Marshfield Station on a rail map Views: 212 Collection Of:   Bob Krug
Locomotives: MWCR 9(UNKNOWN)    Author:  Bob Krug
Left-side profile of MWCR 9 - Waumbec at the station before the day's ascent
Picture Categories: Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger This picture is part of album:  Chasing the Mt Washington Cog Railway on foot
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