High short hoods - "restricted" the crew's view? I imagine an engineer or fireman being
thrown forward in time from, say, 1938, would find the "view restriction" issue of a
tiny little sheet metal enclosure to be vastly amusing.
How many "short hoods" would it take to equal the length of even a 4-6-2's boiler, not to mention that of a 4-6-6-4? View? What view?
Haha Very true. I agree, but the sd40 was built starting in 1966. So what was the reasoning behind the high hood when low hood were also being produced I was just curious as to why.
Because both the N&W and the Southern Railway SPECIFIED the high short hood, that's why. Look closely and you will see that the long hood is designated the front (F), and in the cab the control stand is layout so the Engineer sights on the "wrong side", i.e. the right side with the long hood facing forward.
Oh I see, interesting, thanks for the information 
