After a few years the drivers of these trains will all suffer from a severe case of tunnel vision. They cannot look out to the sides only straight ahead and that is not a good thing to have happen especially if they drive a car anywhere. A train like this needs to have side windows installed. I am suprised that OSHA hasn't done something about this.
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Compare that to the inside of the Siemens Velaro - makes this look like the dash of car from the 60's, albeit, with digital instrumentation. Does not look like a "fun" place to be should there be trouble up a head the way that "desk" is set up. The cab of the Velaro can be seen here.
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The Velaro flight deck.
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Don't get me wrong - I really like the photo. However, the design looks like some rookie structural engineers took I-beams from an old bridge and welded them to form the roofline. In fact, I now notice that the beam on the left has Sharpie markings on it, much like H-piles delivered to a pile-driving site!
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Maybe the designers can incorporate glass cabs for future High Speed Trains that would allow a 180-degree view horizontally and perhaps up and down a little
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Don't forget that the Acela was built to much higher crash impact standards than any of its foreign counterparts, which likely affected other aspects of the design.
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Interesting!!
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