A simple question for those who have bought a GG-1 with seated engineer figures.

If its a Williams,whichever end it starts at is the front.  There should be one engineer on the front right side, and one fireman on the front lefthand side.  No crew in the rear

My MTH Premier has 1 engineer on each end....look silly

As SantaFe158 posted, I installed crewmen in my Williams EP5 so I could tell which way it would move when I powered it up. Before that, I usually put it on the track backward.

I used techniques described on the Forum.

My recently purchased MTH GG-1 manufactured in the late 90's has a tiny "F" on one end. I assume this mean's this end has been designated as the front for shop or mechanical purposes. From the GG-1 pic's I've seen on the "net", this is the end or section where the steam generator resides, perhaps for a visual eyeballing by the motorman.

As to the installation of crew members, my shell has "oodles" (is that right?) of room for either a single motorman and/or a head brakeman. It was a lot easier than trying to shoe horn two figures into the cab of a modern diesel with a motor shield shoved up into it. The new super thin, badly painted figures in the new locos are nothing more than plastic blobs with some flesh colored paint on them.

All the figures in my engines are from older Atlas and MTH engines. They look more realistic, have some meat on their bones, and have actual facial features. A quick but careful re-painting and some gentle arm twisting separates them from looking identical. It a shame to pay out over $500.00 for a piece of rolling stock and have something from a bad sci-fi movie sitting in the engineer's seat.