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- From: jbvb@vax.ftp.com (James B. VanBokkelen)
- Subject: Re: Why long end of engine forward?
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:13:08
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- In article <1992Nov16.183626.7277@ee.ryerson.ca> cal@ee.ryerson.ca (Calvin Henry-Cotnam) writes:
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- hess@stat.ncsu.edu (George Hess) writes:
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- >Does anyone know why Norfolk Southern (and their ancestors, N&W and
- >Southern) runtheir engines long end forward?
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- I always speculated that the powers that be had such a strong tie
- to steam power that they chose to operate diesel locomotives in a
- way resembling steam locomotives, with the cab at the rear end.
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- I think it was actually because the crew is better-protected when the long
- hood is between them and a gravel truck they're about to crunch.
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