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I have heard of slugs being equipped with cabs to the engineer can operate the mother-slug consist from the slug. This would make it easier if, for example, the slug was the lead unit while switching in the yard. I'm not certain though if this is why BN put cabs on their TEB-6's. Some commuter passenger trains use a similar system. Some coaches are equipped with a control cab, this car is placed on the opposite end of the train as the locomotive. The locomotive can pu***he train from the rear while the engineer runs the train from the cab in the lead coach. This saves the railroad the trouble of having to move the locomotive from one end of the train to the other. Josh Spokane, WA
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