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Paul M-B
The man on top is a second fireman and it is his job to break the coal into manageable size lumps and feed it down the chute to the cab, where the fireman shovels it into the firebox. They do the same on the Darjeeling railway.
Posted by Guest on 2004 Mar 17 09:01:43 +0000