A steam locomotive with the cab set astride the boiler. The fireman on this type of locomotive rides under a hood at the rear. Also called a "Mother Hubbard."
A type of steam locomotive with the cab astride the boiler. The Camelback was a solution to the problem of forward visibility past the wide firebox required for burning anthracite. Also called a "Mother Hubbard."
A shotgun type house with a two room, two story section at the rear above the back two rooms; associated primarily with New Orleans but occasionally found in Other areas.
A steam locomotive with the cab astride the boiler. The fireman is located at the traditional position behind the rear of the engine with a small overhead hood for protection ( click here for a photo of a Reading class A-4b Camelback).
18th-century style with a distinctive triple-curved (camel back) frame with a raised central curve along the back. Often used on sofa and chair backs with a pierced-shield design and anthemion or honeysuckle vine extending from the seat to the highest curve.
The name referring to a style of furniture in which the back swells into a higher dimension at the center point and declines to a lower dimension at either side.
Large hill, found on most hyper-coasters, which is mainly used to provide large doses of negative G's. Also the term used by B&M to describe a zero-G roll on their sit-down coasters.