This view of New York Central 2-8-2 No. 2167 affords a good view of the locomotive's pilot. The "cowcatcher" or road pilot was normal for New York Central passenger locomotives, but not for freight locomotives except in Canada. Other than the dual-service L3 and L4 Mohawks built in the 1940s, NYC freight power typically featured the footboard pilot. However, the New York Central applied the "cowcatcher" pilot to many older locomotives in road freight service across the system; on the Michigan lines it was applied especially to the H10 and L2 classes. Surprisingly, it was fabricated not from steel but from wood; as a boy of seven I saw unpainted wood pilots at the NYC's Jackson, Michigan shops.

A member of class H10a, No. 2167 shared the dimensions given in the commentary on No. 2256. The H10s had a grate area of 66.6 square feet, with 4515 square feet of evaporative heating surface and 1780 square feet of superheating surface. The steaming capacity of the H10 is symbolized by the array of piping visible in this left-side view, together with the air pumps and other appliances that break the line of the catwalk (compare with the simpler lines of No. 2222, viewed from the right). No. 2167 was taken out of service in 1952. This photo, which came to our collection from Tom Rock of T.D.R. Productions, was probably taken in Detroit around 1940 by a Canadian railfan who had crossed the river from Windsor, Ontario.