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 Posted - October 14 2006 : 8:42:37 PM
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Tyco Fans,
Did railroads that ran their diesels long hood foward for crew safety reasons, such as NS's C39-8's, have the controlstands reversed so that the engineer was on the right facing the long hood?
AF
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Posted - October 15 2006 : 10:04:31 AM
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Hi AF. Many Railroads did run long hood forward as the rule.
The thought was the long end would put up a buffer and protect the crew in a collision.
Later, they ran short hood forward as it was easier to see the tracks ahead of the engine. This way they could see any problems and possibly avoid them. Styles of engines in the past would allow this practice.
Today's engines are not designed to operate with long hood forward. They have the cabs upfront for better visibility, and technology has made it easier to help avoid accidents.
Besides some of them would not look right running backwards [:D]
Carl
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Edited by - VintageHO on October 15 2006 10:08:06 AM
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Posted - October 15 2006 : 1:42:51 PM
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Tyco Fans,
The NS quit running locos long hood foward , LHF, in 1990 because of the problem with smoke blowing into the cabs in tunnels and tried to fix the problems with panels on the hood to defuse the smoke and was not successful. The C39-8's had a bi-directional control stand. As I said earlier, railroads did run LHF to protect crews. Think, most steamers had the cab in the rear and came up with the cab foward design, on some railroads, because of smoke in the cab in tunnels.
I'd like to see how a bi-directional control stand worked.
AF
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Edited by - Alco Fan on October 15 2006 3:48:54 PM
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Posted - October 15 2006 : 10:10:45 PM
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I think most 1st generation diesels could be bought with the dual control stands. But this was an expensive option. Most roads would order a control stand on the right side of the loco, based on LHF or SHF. Alco provided a dual control stand in it's C415 so as to use that locos 360 degree visibility.
Michael
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