The end of an Era: Good Bye EMD

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Re: The end of an Era: Good Bye EMD

Unread postby Noel » Wed Oct 14, 2015 9:26 pm

I do wish for the Spartan Cabs to come back, but they can't because of the FRA's safety issues.

A few reasons railroads go with the safety cabs:

Wide cabs are more spacious; better insulated, and climate controlled; usually have much nicer seats; and reasonably stand up toilets. The "air lock" nose doors especially help. They are also more crashworthy, due to the extra reinforcement in the nose - as required by the new FRA crashworthness requirements.
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