I'll let Greg ask what that is. I've often wondered, but didn't want to show my ignorance.If the model is particularly faithful to the prototype, it will also have an anti-climber in some case.
An anticlimber is basically a large thick piece of steel located at the end or the frame, at walkway level. It extends past the walkway, and the intent is for vehicles struck by the locomotive are snagged by this piece of steel sticking out, which prevents them from going up and over the walkway, into the nose and cab of the locomotive. It prevents them from climbing over the pilot, hence the term that became the name.Okay I'll ask, what's an anti=climber? Also, I'm modeling in N scale and so far I'm thinking they can only be so faithful.
So, I guess, on a model, if the front edge of the walkway sticks out over the coupler, that represents the anticlimber.An anticlimber is basically a large thick piece of steel located at the end or the frame, at walkway level. It extends past the walkway, and the intent is for vehicles struck by the locomotive are snagged by this piece of steel sticking out, which prevents them from going up and over the walkway, into the nose and cab of the locomotive. It prevents them from climbing over the pilot, hence the term that became the name.