@PRRronbh posted:How did this discussion evolve from the original poster's question of HIGH hood vs, short hood to long vs. short in height hood?
I know I too have been curious "tall" vs. sort reasons. What more if anything is tucked in under the HIGH (tall) hoods?
Ron
I suppose because the two are tied together. Once the railroads switched to short hood forward, they could lower it for visibility. You couldn't lower the long hood for obvious reasons. I tend to agree with Rich that they started out with long hood forward as much out of tradition as any other reason.