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why the right side?
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Let's complicate things further. N&W dieselized with dual control engines, to eliminate ever having to turn them. A few years later they bought some low-nosed engines - I believe they were GEs, with the controls on the left side. The theory was that if the engine was running long nose ahead, the engineer was on the proper side to see the signals. If the engine was running short nose ahead, it didn't matter which side he was sitting on. The crews, naturally, hated them; such a far-out concept was beyond their acceptance . . .
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