Re: Question about steel cab construction

kcsivils Wrote:
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> I could be totally off base, but I have seen photo-
> graphs of the interiors of steel cabs of steam loco-
> motives that had wood linings in part of the cab,
> almost always the underside of the roof.
> Why is this done?

Kelly Anderson Wrote:
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> I've always assumed it was for insulation, to
> avoid having rain showers inside the cab, etc.


That, and possibly to deaden the sound a little as well -

Even "modern" engines like S.P.'s GS-4s, built in 1941, had wood linings in the cabs – see the top corners of the last photo on [ngdiscussion.net]

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender