Footplate Quarterly · Vol. XII · No. 4
BACKHEAD 04
Press · 220 psi · Steam Up
A working footplate, not a parlour car

Iron, brass,
and a furnace
at your back.

A design language read straight off the boiler backhead — soot-darkened cast iron under everything, polished brass for every control your gloves will touch, and one open firebox door doing all the talking.

220PSI
Boiler · Working
1640°F
Firebox · Crown
7/8GLASS
Water · Gauge
Boiler Backhead · Stamped 1924
№ 4472
Injector & Regulator · Brass
L · INJ
BLOWER
R · INJ
Firebox Door · Open
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Stoke · 14 lb
This is the Steam Locomotive design system, applied by Curio Design — a design-style library for AI agents. Full Steam Locomotive guide → designbycurio.com/learn/steam-locomotive-cab