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<p>I believe it's just the style, for visibility, to generally run locomotives short hood forward; excepting in switcher use, where I would imagine it's much more dependent on which end is facing the load you're connecting, convenient loops/wyes for reversing, that sort of stuff. I'm not "in the know" but that's the impression I've gotten from my reading: I recall seeing a reference to research that long hood forward didn't bring significant crash safety improvements with the introduction of safety cabs, contrasted with the improved visibility. In low-speed, frequent-stopping usage as switching, I believe that the visibility increase is not as important.</p> <p>Of course this is just the impression I've gotten from my reading, not a professional or particularly learned (yet.)</p>
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