Kelly Anderson Wrote:
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> Designers of that era couldn't have cared less
> about any form of ergonomics or about making life
> easier for engine crews. Their only goal was to
> move the train from point A to B.

philip.marshall Wrote:
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> Wow! Thank you, Kelly. I had never thought about
> cab location in those terms before. It makes
> complete sense.

I know that Earl can testify as to the relative ease and comfort in operating good sized deckless (or near deckless) locomotives built in the first decade of the 20th century vs. ones built in the 1920’s, especially a certain one that hadn’t been updated since leaving Baldwin. As the engineer said as he got off #1744 at the end of her first day of operation at the old Heber Creeper, “Now I know why they called them hogs.”



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/06/2017 08:18AM by Kelly Anderson.