steemtrayn wrote:So why didn't other railroads have high short hoods? Are their collisions any different?
quite a few did. The trick is visibility. With the high shorty hood, the engineer couldn't see what was on the other side, nad had to rely on the fireman's help. With a shorty shorty, he could see across the top.
-Morgan
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_ALEdDUB8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hqFS1GZL4s
http://s73.photobucket.com/user/steemtrayn/media/MovingcoalontheDCM.mp4.html?sort=3&o=27
gsetter wrote: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
Actually, NS had wide nose/cab units with the Dash 9s as early as 1996 when I got one on video in Fostoria, Ohio.
Kevin
http://chatanuga.org/RailPage.html
http://chatanuga.org/WLMR.html
NAd they had about them same visability.
Aren't the toilets in the short hood when not occupied by anything else also, thus more headrom for Jon on the jon.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Greyryder Southern preffered to run long hood first. (they felt it was safer, in a collision) In fact I think they special ordered their locos, with the cabs set up for the lonf hood to be the front. They bought their engines with high short hoods, because they considered that to be the rear.
QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45 If you ever find yourself in Georgia, check out the Georgia Central railroad. Runs from Savannah westward through Lyons, Vidalia and on towards the Atlanta area (I think). They have a batch of ex-Southern High Nosed GE U-Boats. Most of them are painted in plain black with the Georgia Central lettering in white. IMHO, neat looking locomotives.
QUOTE: Originally posted by gsetter The first generation hood units were only available in the high short hood with or without the steam generator. 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. 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
- Mark
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QUOTE: Originally posted by wp2006 Does anyone have any idea why this railroad preferred the high nose variety as opposed to the full cab or low nose diesel?