> Here's another thought on the May Picture. You mean the June photo, right? :) > First of all, I never saw > the SDP"s ever running long hood forward in the New York area. They > probably did but it seemed to be more common in Ohio. That's a real > long hood. I have a roughly equal number of long-hood-running units on the east and west end. It certainly wasn't common - like you said, that's a real long hood - but in a pinch, it was done. Talk about crew protection, though! :) > Were there any speed restrictions for running long hood > forward? None that I could find in the ETTs or Book of Rules. In reality, other than slightly worse visibility, these units were no different in reverse than in forward. N&W and Southern have proven safe operation of long-hood-forward units for decades. - Paul The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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