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Those "nose doors" mentioned, were indeed for crew passage between A-A, nose to nose configurations. One very sinister purpose that those nose doors also served, was the almost certain death of the engine crew, if they struck an oil, or gasoline truck at a grade crossing. It would take the fingers of both of my hands to add up the fatalities incurred by just the crews of Amtrak pass. trains when an SDP-40-F hit an oil truck. The E-units were equipped with similar "inward opening" nose doors, but the shape of the front of the E-unit allowed grade crossing wreckage to be swept aside. The SDP-40-F, however, had what was called an "anti-climber" on the front. When that locomotive hit something, it effectively "locked" it on to the front of the locomotive. Not so bad if it's just a stray piece of debris, but REAL BAD if it's a fully loaded 5,000 gal. tank truck of crude oil. Just check out what happened at Marland, OK. in 1978. <br /> Todays "wide cabs" have front doors that swing outward, rather than inward. This, alone has saved more lives of railroaders than I can count. <br /> The worse possible scenerio, though, hitting an LPG truck. Even with NO front door, you're toast. Now how about those 4-way gates they keep promising??? They will really help, but as always, there's going to be some idiot........ <br /> Todd C.
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