by GLGken
Does anybody have any pictures or cab layout diagrams for a GG-1 locomotive? How much room is there in these cabs? How good is the visablity?
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pennsy wrote:Hi,The cab of a GG-1 might have been comfortable for PRR ENGINEERS but
The cab of a GG-1 is comfortable, but not that spacious. As compared to the cab of a steam locomotive such as a K-4, it is really comfortable. As compared to the cab of an F-7, or an F-59PHI, forget it. But for its time it was a whole new world for enginemen and firemen. The view out the window was adequate compared to a steamer. It was not, compared to the view out the windows of an F-7, or an F-59 PH or PHI.
Noel Weaver wrote:Wow, you used to drive these things?pennsy wrote:Hi,The cab of a GG-1 might have been comfortable for PRR ENGINEERS but
The cab of a GG-1 is comfortable, but not that spacious. As compared to the cab of a steam locomotive such as a K-4, it is really comfortable. As compared to the cab of an F-7, or an F-59PHI, forget it. But for its time it was a whole new world for enginemen and firemen. The view out the window was adequate compared to a steamer. It was not, compared to the view out the windows of an F-7, or an F-59 PH or PHI.
they were anything but comfortable for me. I will say the engines rode
very well but the seats were terrible and they were hotter than hell in the
summer time and just as cold in the winter time. I well remember the
drinking water freezing up in a cold cab in the winter time and a can of
soda sitting in a paper bag on the cab floor would be just as cold at New
Haven as it was when I left New York in the winter. They were dirty and
there was a lot of places where if I did not duck my head, I would be
reminded in a painful way even in the cab. No engineer or fireman on the
former New Haven Railroad ever said a good thing about the cabs on the
GG-1's at any time.
The former New Haven Railroad engines that the GG-1 was copied from
was far more comfortable to work on than the GG-1 ever was.
Noel Weaver