The cab, crew compartment or driver's compartment of a locomotive, or a self-propelled rail vehicle, is the part housing the train driver, fireman or...
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The term cab forward locomotive refers to various rail and road vehicle designs that place the driver's compartment substantially farther towards the front...
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A comfort cab is a design found on most modern North American diesel locomotives, and some export models. The broad nose occupies the entire width of the...
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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...
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In North American railroad terminology, a cab unit is a railroad locomotive with its own cab and controls. "Carbody unit" is a related term, which may...
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Look up CAB or cab in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cab or CAB may refer to: Cab (locomotive), the driving compartment of a locomotive Cab car Cabin...
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A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the power source is a diesel engine. Several types of diesel locomotives have been developed...
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B–unit (redirect from Cabless locomotive)
unit, in railroad terminology, is a locomotive unit (generally a diesel locomotive) which does not have a control cab or crew compartment, and must therefore...
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Push–pull train (section Locomotive at one end)
a vehicle equipped with a control cab at the other end of the train. This second vehicle may be another locomotive, or an unpowered control car. In the...
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Control car (redirect from Cab car)
cars in 1991. The railroad has since switched to classic cab cars with a DE30AC/DM30AC locomotive on some trains. Longer trains require two engines, one...
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