@Number 90 posted:You are obviously a considerate person. However in the early diesel era, what the crew preferred did not matter at all. The decision to specify front end orientation of road-switcher locomotives was a strictly management decision in the iron pants era of the 1950's,. . .
Tom, You may have noticed that I "like" a lot of your posts and this one gives me a great opportunity to tell you why.
I appreciate that you, an experienced railroader, take the time to make these well thought out and easily understood answers. Not overly wordy as some posts sometimes are; not short, choppy or condescending as some of the replies by other "experienced" railroaders tend to be; not pedantic or irritatingly unreadable in the use of terminology or demands of exactitude from others - simply well stated, informative and easy to read.
Persons like myself who have a limited amount of true (or no) railroad experience (mine came during high school while volunteering at a railroad museum) can't be expected to either know or understand the breadth of practical operational experience someone like you has and I appreciate that you take the time, apparently so willingly, to share it with the rest of us in a pleasant and educational manner.
If it hasn't plainly been stated by others, let me take this opportunity on behalf of anyone else who has appreciated it as I have, to say "Thank you!"
