Re: N.G. Baldwin Cookstoves in Patagonia & Elsewhere . . .

Olaf Rasmussen Wrote:
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> Intermediate service stops on the 275 mile run
> provide a chance to water and lube the engines,
> and to barbecue the crew's mutton lunches on
> the top of the steam domes . . .
>
> . . .  Here the fireman is preparing to stuff a pack
> of mutton into the open top of the dome cover and
> on to the hot top of the steam dome.  I may have to
> do another thread on the fine points of steam dome
> cuisine when I find the appropriate scenes . . .

David J Price Wrote:
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> Love the shots – particularly the crew preparing
> lunch.

I'll second that motion, David, and I liked Olaf's first set – with the mountains – too!    

> I used to cook bacon & eggs for breakfast on the
> shovel when lighting up (the engine shed was a
> long way from our crew accommodation and had
> no facilities in the early days) , and we still often
> heat lunch by putting it on the top of the firebox
> inside the cab.


All youse hostlers, firemen and engineers who have cooked by the light of a shimmering firebox should get together and write a steam loco cookbook!  Be sure to get input from Jeff Badger at the Georgianatown Loop-de-Loop — his backhead breakfast burritos, for which he is famous, are delicious!!    

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