That's some stout reinforcing behind where the nose was!
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| Posted by on July 16, 2012 | |
The wisdom of GE engineers had nothing to do with it, they were forced to do it by that so-called 'evil' regulatory government......
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A voluntary industry standard known as AAR S-580 established crashworthiness features for locomotives manufactured after August 1990. The more recent FRA standard was derived from this. The photograph shows the structure of the locomotive with the decorative front piece removed after the crossing accident.
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| Posted by Jeric on July 17, 2012 | |
That is one UGLY engine...
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Jeff, thanks for setting the record straight on this one. We worked hard on S-580.
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