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Why high nose diesels for Southern Railway?
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My understanding why Southern, and the N&W also, had high short hoods was for a couple of reasons. <br />When diesels replaced steam locomotives, steam generators were needed to heat passenger trains. E and F series car body units were designed mainly for passenger service. There was plenty of room in the rear of the unit for the steam generator. But hood units are road switchers generally used for freight service. Locomotive builders offered steam generators in hood units and they are mounted in the top of the high short hood. This made the hood units more versatile so they also could be used for passenger service. The first generation hood units were only available in the high short hood with or without the steam generator. <br /> Later the low short hood became available as an option but at an extra cost. N&W and Southern were spend thrifts and believed in running long hood first anyway. There was no need or desire to go with the low hood until it became standard equipment. <br /> <br /> It's the same situation with NS and the Spartan cab. They didn't have any wide body cabs until the Conrail merger. Now the wide cabs are standard
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