a cab unit is a railroad locomotive with its own cab and controls. "Carbody unit" is a related term, which may be either a cabless booster unit controlled...
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tractor unit, also known as a truck unit, lorry unit, power unit, prime mover, ten-wheeler, semi-tractor, semi-truck, semi-lorry, tractor cab, truck cab, lorry...
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A B unit, in railroad terminology, is a locomotive unit (generally a diesel locomotive) which does not have a control cab or crew compartment, and must...
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outside. In contrast, a cab unit has a full-width carbody for the length of the locomotive and walkways inside. A hood unit has sufficient visibility...
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unit or cowl unit locomotive, or forming one of the structural elements of a cab unit locomotive. On self-propelled rail vehicles, the cab may be at one...
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Look up CAB or cab in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cab or CAB may refer to: Cab (locomotive), the driving compartment of a locomotive Cab car Cabin...
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A cowl unit is a diesel locomotive with full-width, enclosing bodywork, similar in appearance to the cab unit-style of earlier locomotives, such as the...
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ALCO DL-109 (section A units (cabs))
Locomotive). They were of a cab unit design, and both cab-equipped lead A units DL-103b, DL-105, DL-107, DL-109 and cabless booster B units DL-108, DL-110 models...
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with or without cabs; units with a cab are called A units or lead units, while cabless units are called B units or booster units. B units did contain hostler...
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collectively as the C-Line. A combined total of 165 units (123 cab-equipped lead A units and 42 cabless booster B units) were produced by F-M and the CLC between...
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multiple units, controllers in cabs at both ends directly controlling the traction current to motors on both cars. The multiple unit traction control system...
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slug is distinct from a B–unit, which has both a prime mover and traction motors but no cab. A slug may retain an operator's cab to allow engineers to operate...
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EMD FT (section Surviving units)
United States. It was the first model in EMD's very successful F-unit series of cab unit freight diesels and was the locomotive that convinced many U.S...
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An A unit, in railroad terminology, is a diesel locomotive (or more rarely an electric locomotive) equipped with a driving cab and a control system to...
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cab-equipped lead A units and 156 cabless booster B units were built. The F9 was the fifth model in GM-EMD's highly successful "F" series of cab unit...
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their ALCO PA cousins), they were of a cab unit design; both cab-equipped lead (A unit) FA and cabless booster (B unit) FB models were built. A dual passenger-freight...
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several cab-unit diesel-electric locomotives manufactured by GM-EMD and its licensees from 1939 to 1970. The term originated with EMD F-units, as well...
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EMD GP30 (section Cab-equipped 'A' units)
cabinet all behind the cab.[page needed] This extra height behind the cab meant that the body style used for previous GP units was not suitable. Since...
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Control car (redirect from Cab car)
MARC had a former F7 unit, #7100, also converted into an APCU, or All-Purpose Control Unit, which occasionally substituted for a cab car. It was rebuilt...
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EMD F7 (section Surviving units)
successful line of F-unit locomotives, and by far the best-selling cab unit of all time. In fact, more F7s were built than all other F-units combined. The F7...
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The BLH RF-16 is a 1,625-horsepower (1,212 kW) cab unit-type diesel locomotive built for freight service by the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation between...
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predecessor, the FP7, were offshoots of GM-EMD's highly successful F-unit series of cab unit diesel locomotives. Trains portal VIA FP9ARM List of GM-EMD locomotives...
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was equipped with a medium height cab and AAR Type B trucks. Chehalis Western Railroad bought a single high cab unit with Hi-Ad trucks. Columbia and Cowlitz...
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The Baldwin DR-4-4-15 was a 1,500-horsepower (1,100 kW) cab unit-type diesel locomotive built for freight service by the Baldwin Locomotive Works between...
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excursion, preferably with a ML-4000 cab unit. However, the cab units were no longer operational, so hood unit number 9120, along with a pair of EMD...
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Cab-over, also known as cab over engine (COE), cab forward or flat face (U.S.), flat nose (Canada), or forward control (UK), is a body style of truck,...
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the 1930s. Most of these were short production runs (one, two, or four units) that were used by a single railroad. These consisted of Winton prime movers...
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Truck sleeper (redirect from Sleeper cab)
A truck sleeper or sleeper cab is a compartment attached behind the cabin of a tractor unit used for rest or sleeping. In many countries, drivers are subject...
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their ALCO FA cousins), they were of a cab unit design; both cab-equipped lead A unit PA and cabless booster B unit PB models were built. While externally...
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List of Baldwin diesel locomotives (section Cab units)
DS-4-4-750 1949–1951 53 B-B 606NA 750 hp (560 kW) S-8 1950–1954 54 A units 9 B units B-B 606 800 hp (600 kW) RS-4-TC 1953–1955 74 B-B Caterpillar D397 400 hp...
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