Easy. They have a pick up at Rotterdam Junction. The nose door is open so the brakeman could get to the switch in the west end of the interchange yard there. The door in the cab's firewall is closed. The brakeman gets a warmer ride up to the west end switch than would be the case if he'd ridden on the side of the unit. Then too, he may have been a XXL guy, and big guys and F units were not a good mix.
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Nose door appears to be off it's hinges. Notice the slant from top to bottom? Not easy to see.
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| Posted by Bruce B on February 15, 2014 | |
Wayne, the F unit nose doors were hinged with the nose on a slant so they would open in straight and not hit the floor.
Here is Great look at the nose door hinge set up on an old PC F Unit 1797 ( then Conrail)
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=464318&nseq=0
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