Ash Pan
Fitted below the firebox of a steam locomotive to catch the hot ashes falling from the grate. Typically a flat tray with flaps known as dampers, which are used to control the admission of air to the fire from below.
Ash Pan
A tray-like device located under a steam locomotive's firebox which holds the ashes that remain after coal has been burned. Ashes are removed from the ash pan at an ash pit, usually located in a service yard.
Ash Pan
A tray under a steam locomotives firebox which accumulates ashes.
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Shaker Bar A tool carried in steam locomotive cabs that would be placed on the grate levers mounted in the cab deck to allow the fireman to shake the grates in the firebox, dumping ashes into the ash pan below the firebox.
 See also: Section, Track, Locomotive, Firebox, Cab
  
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