@CALNNC posted:Unless it had dual controls, wouldn't running an engine ID'd with the front as the short hood, with long hood forward put the controls on the left side of the cab and the engineer can't see his signals fully?
When units were constructed with the long hood specified as the front, but with only one control stand, the cab layout was reversed, placing the control stand and brake valves on the opposite side of the cab, so that the Engineer still sat on the right hand side of the locomotive when operating it with the designated front end leading.
Even the low-nose, long hood forward, NS units with single control stand were oriented so that the Engineer sat to the right. On those particular locomotives, however, there as a feature I have never seen elsewhere: two speed indicators. There was a speed indicator in front of the Engineer for long hood forward movement, and another one behind him for short hood movement. Also, the control stand on those locomotives was not angled as it normally is. Instead, it was turned to be in line with the front-to-back wall of the cab, so that an Engineer could easily use it in either direction, adding some cost for custom features, but not nearly as much as dual controls.
