OGR Webmaster posted:Thanks for getting us back on track, Jim. I completely agree with your statement!
I had better visibility looking forward on steam locomotive 765 than when running a typical diesel long hood first.
I'm not talking "typical" here. I never minded running "typical" EMD units (up through the SD45) long hood forward as long as it had a control stand on the right side. In fact I enjoyed it. It possibly saved my life once when we hit a flat bed load of lumber stuck on the tracks.
What I am speaking of is the new SD70's and such. All of that radiator body work hangs right out in your field of vision when having to operate long hood forward and trying to see signals. And, while this is not a common occurrence, it does pop up from time to time as in having one of these units set off to an outlying point road switcher job. You may start out short hood forward, but, you have to come back with the long hood in the way.
