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Locomotive builder introduces high-visibility cab design
It looks German… Like a locomotive from Europe.
That’s just fugly. …
Interesting concept. Still EMDs SW series has one big advantage over this kind of design. You can see a man on 3 corners of the locomotive right from the engineers seat, and still have pretty much 360 degrees of visibility.
Either the reporter didn’t hear correctly or the company spokesperson doesn’t know what he is talking about. M-1003 is the AAR Quality Assurance Specification. It deals with quality control records and procedures. It does not contain any “structural safety guidelines”.
Styling is reminiscent of the Romanian FAUR “Quarter Horse” light switcher that demonstrated in the US around 1974. It was eventually sold to Washington Terminal and scrapped in the late 80s.
Yes the hi-cab C415: SW-1000 and SW-1500s also in the 360 degree vista club.
Caveat: there are no transparent exhaust stacks, nor leading end of a hood nor transparent cab walls on the fireman’s side… that said cause we’re blind to close-in ground sight.
Glaziers seeing that cab assuredly are gleeful.
Industrial design is obviously dead.
There are many ways to solve the problem and create an inspiring look. This is not one of them!
looks like LUQUGI the fork truck from DISNEY’s CARS films !!
A rehash of Alco’s C415 hi-window cab.
What’s old is new again.
European switchers have looked like this for years. It’s about time Americans followed a good lead.
Where are its buffers?
Aesthetics aside, unless there is AC, it is going to get hot in there. Weren’t some windows eliminated on EMD and ALCo end-cab switchers because of the heat gain?
Steeple cab!
Form follows function.
@Stephen Carlson: exactly. Everything old is new again, at least if you wait long enough :-).
Very Ugly locomotive.
Like it alot
How does that give you better visibility compared to working off the back side of an SW style switcher? One engineer can see both sides of the rear steps and everything in front of him. The only blind spot is the fireman’s front step.
With this design, anyone riding the bottom step is still in a blind spot on the fireman’s side front and rear.
How does that give you better visibility compared to working off the back side of an SW style switcher? One engineer can see both sides of the rear steps and everything in front of him. The only blind spot is the fireman’s front step.
With this design, anyone riding the bottom step is still in a blind spot on the fireman’s side front and rear.