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Only nice to photograph, terrible to have as a leader if you are the crew.
Nice shot Michael.
@ngineered4u: Just curious, what makes the standard cab units terrible to have as a leader?
Well speaking as a railroad employee for 35 yrs and 30 of them as a engineer I have run everything from high nosed GP9′s, M630/636′s to ET44AC’s and a lot more in between. CN was the first to have Comfort cabs when we got the M420′s and GP40W’s. It was a huge difference in design and comfort. The US roads did not get them until much later and still used standard cabs for a long time.
Anytime we got a standard cab for a long trip it was a disappointment, so we got used to comfort/wide cabs.
Now with CN’s purchase of used C40’8′s and SD60′s we have more standard cabs now that can lead. Despite the shiny paint, the cabs are still cold, drafty and very noisy. Thats why train crews hate to have them lead. The ex AT&SF C40-8′s are a bit better.