Joined: 16/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 5,382 Location: Akershus, Norway
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dntower85 wrote:Is it reversed in UK, Belgium and Switzerland, whit the engineer in the left seat?
I know one case with an electric locomotive: NSB (Norwegian State Railway) bought a number of Re 460 from Switzerland some years ago. The Swiss one has the driver's seat on the right hand side.  The Norwegian one on the left hand side.  It can be noticed in the photos, if you look very carefully. |
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Joined: 19/09/2009(UTC) Posts: 841 Location: Lidingö, Sweden
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intruder wrote:dntower85 wrote:Is it reversed in UK, Belgium and Switzerland, whit the engineer in the left seat?
I know one case with an electric locomotive: NSB (Norwegian State Railway) bought a number of Re 460 from Switzerland some years ago. The Swiss one has the driver's seat on the right hand side.  The Norwegian one on the left hand side.  It can be noticed in the photos, if you look very carefully. Intruder, don't you mean the other way around? Right hand side in Norway and left in Switzerland? I've found some pictures of NSB EL18 at www.jenbane.net which clearly show the driver on the right side. (Unfortunately the jernbane.net site requires registration in order to see detailed photo galeries and the site is in Norwegian and thus of limited use to non-scandinavian speaking people. For that reason I cannot give a link).
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Joined: 02/01/2009(UTC) Posts: 1,067 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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On Dutch and german steam locos, the drivers position is on the right hand side. You can easily tell, because on the driver's side is a long rod that goes from about 1/3 of the cab height from the bottom, to a place just behind the expansion link(the curved, nearly vertical bit that rotates around a central privot). This rod is the reverser, and is always on the driver's side. However, in New Zealand, trains drive on the left hand side of the track. But, the driver's side is also on the right hand side  Of course, in steam days, the fireman was not only minding the fire, he was also required to keep an eye out on the track ahead. I have been in a few cabs on the local vintage railway, at every crossing the driver shouts at the fireman: "Your side clear?" to which the fireman replies "All clear"! before the driver opens the throttle. I cannot say for sure, but with a cab that is at the front of the loco, like the Re 460, it doesn't matter on which side the driver sits, because either side affords (almost) the same visibility.
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Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 15,443 Location: DE-NW
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kariosls37 wrote:I cannot say for sure, but with a cab that is at the front of the loco, like the Re 460, it doesn't matter on which side the driver sits, because either side affords (almost) the same visibility. Almost, but not quite. In Germany there are AFAIK special regulations for class 66 locos (GM EMD JT42CWR) that have the driver's seat on the left side. They are required to stop in a greater distance before red signals than other locomotives with the seat on the right side. And in Poland they need (or at least needed) two drivers on the class 66 locos because a driver on the right seat was required to watch the signals. |
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Joined: 16/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 5,382 Location: Akershus, Norway
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Western Pacific wrote:Intruder, don't you mean the other way around? Right hand side in Norway and left in Switzerland?
Of course I meant the other way around    This is a photo made by me on August 7th 2010 at 3PM in Kristiansand, the train from Oslo to Stavanger. At Kristiansand station the trian direction is reversed, so the locomotive is disconnected from one end of the train, to be connected to the other end. |
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