Re: GLRR=Locomotive 111=In The Cab
| June 11, 2019 06:46PM |
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Looking at the positioning of all the control and gauges, obviously Ergonomic wasn't yet in the Dictionary when that Loco was designed. 
Way back in my firing days, I can recall a Driver telling me if you can't see it, then move your $%&@ head. Some years later when they rebuilt the high hoods to a low nose, but on the first batch, they didn't cut off the Gauges/Ammeter along the top of the Control stand, I got to tell that same Driver to stick his head up and look over for certain lineside Signals instead of griping about it.
Way back in my firing days, I can recall a Driver telling me if you can't see it, then move your $%&@ head. Some years later when they rebuilt the high hoods to a low nose, but on the first batch, they didn't cut off the Gauges/Ammeter along the top of the Control stand, I got to tell that same Driver to stick his head up and look over for certain lineside Signals instead of griping about it.
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