This is kind of cool if you like this sort of stuff.
http://www.360cities.net/image/c44aci-locomotive#0.71,-15.44,49.8
Presumably this was built for Australian service. What’s interesting is that even with the engine driver’s seat on the left, the controls are still to the left of the seat.
Only the brake levers are to the left of the seat. The throttle/dynamic brake lever and reverse lever (removed and stowed) are on the small island to the right of the seat. I assume the joystick-like thing there is the horn.
It sure would have been interesting to see displays on those screens!
What I don’t see is anything resembling a radio, for communications. Perhaps there’s only one at the station on the right side of the cab.
Nice, clean layout…awaiting comments from the engineers in our midst.
It has a CD player…wow.
Look up on the top bulkhead engineers side.
Radio console appears to be to the right of the main computer screens, microphone is on the bulhead underneath the combined computer & radio screens.
Pictured unit in action as the 4th engine in the consist
The console behind the right-hand seat looks like it is set up so it could have controls and displays mounted in it.
Having the brake and throttle on opposite sides of me would be a bit confusing at first.
Doesn’t really appear to be set up for easy running in reverse - something possible with a standard AAR stand.
Is that an electric third rail outside the left window?
I believe that’s a switch linkage for throwing a switch remotely.
10-4.
Looks to be a little thick for a switch linkage.
Air line, perhaps?
The “pipe” outside on the engineer’s side is a conduit for electrical power cables to activate switches…look through the engineers windshield just to the far left and you can see another pipe just like this one, running to a stand over a switch that controls the far left track.
The radio is the silver panel to the right of the two computer screens, zoom in and it has a volume, up and down, local and what looks like a UHF button…the mike is just below the panel…there is an “emergency” button also, but I assume it is for an emergency channel, not to plug the train brakes with the EOT, that switch seems to be located just above the brake valves.
Microwave, CD player, nice looking fridge, bet the toilet is pretty comfy too.
We have pipes like those for air-operated switches in former Pennsy territory.
Not too crazy about the lack of nose, esp in a wreck. but seats look nice, and I like the large overhead lighting. Bet the shop forces do, too.
Now what’s that bottle for under the jump seat? windshield washer? Or is that the toilet? [:-^]
Second thought about the pipe, might it be the cables for a signal system?
The bottle under the jump seat…pretty sure it’s not anti-freeze…don’t read about Australian snowstorms often!
Zug, don’t give NS any new ideas… [:S]
Is that yellow thing on the floor on the engineer’s side a modern version of a deadman pedal? It sure looks like that.