#10 has one hour before the next trip up the hill!So she sits and rests. This is done by "banking the fire" Note the "bank" inside on the left. When it's time to bring the boiler up to pressure (150psi)this bank will be spread out inside the firebox and more coal added.

Photographed by Rich Currie, November 3, 2006.
Added to the photo archive by Rich Currie, November 12, 2006.
Railroad: Mt. Washington Cog Railway.

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