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Cab of a Bavarian EP 2 electric locomotive in the Nuremberg Transport Museum, Nuremberg Driver's cab of a Japanese JR Freight Class EF210 electric locomotive Cab of a British Rail Class 170 diesel multiple unit train. The cab, crew compartment or driver's compartment of a locomotive, or a self-propelled rail vehicle, is the part housing the ...
Wheels at the rear of the locomotive to help support the rear of the locomotive and improve riding qualities – see also Leading wheel (46). [3]: 84 Foot board / Run board / Running board / Tread plate Walkway around the locomotive, from the cab front, to facilitate inspection and maintenance. [5] [6]: 437 [3]: 67 Frame
It was also SP's last new steam locomotive, built in 1944. North Pacific Coast locomotive 21, an early cab-forward experiment. A decade before SP's first cab-forward, the North Pacific Coast Railroad, later part of the SP-owned Northwestern Pacific company, rebuilt an 1875 4-4-0 into an oil-fired cab-forward
Southern Pacific 4294 is a class "AC-12" 4-8-8-2 cab-forward–type steam locomotive that was owned and operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP). It was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in March 1944 and was used hauling SP's trains over the Sierra Nevada, often working on Donner Pass in California.
The locomotive's original Westinghouse 8-ET type brake system was replaced with a new 26-L type brake stand to accommodate easier repairs and replacement parts. [75] The cab interior was sheathed with varnished hardwood. [75] A radio speaker system was added inside the cab to enable the locomotive crew to communicate with the train dispatcher. [75]
A camelback locomotive (also known as a Mother Hubbard or a center-cab locomotive) is a type of steam locomotive with the driving cab placed in the middle, astride the boiler. Camelbacks were fitted with wide fireboxes which would have severely restricted driver visibility from the normal cab location at the rear.
Southern Pacific Railroad's AC-12 class of simple articulated 4-8-8-2 cab forward steam locomotives was the last class of steam locomotives ordered by Southern Pacific. They were built by Baldwin Locomotive Works during World War II, with the first, number 4275, entering service on October 27, 1943, and the last, 4294, on March 19, 1944.
Southern Pacific Railroad's AC-11 class of cab forward steam locomotives was the seventh class of 4-8-8-2 locomotives ordered by Southern Pacific (SP) from Baldwin Locomotive Works; [1] SP was so pleased with the AC-10 class built a year earlier that the railroad began placing orders for AC-11s while the AC-10s were still being built and ...