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Visibility is the advantage with short hood front, particularly on curves for observing signals and the track a head. Apparently the rail roads were slow to pickup on this from the car-body style diesels like the F's, sharknose's, and C-Liners. I don't know if the operating unions had any input for crew safety that influenced the rairoads that opted for long hood front operation. <br /> <br />Will
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