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Improving Secondary Impact Protection for Locomotive Engineers

A modern freight locomotive designed to the specifications of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations § 229.207 and the Association of American Railroads’ S-580 can preserve the space occupied by an engineer during a train collision, particularly in the cab of a leading locomotive, up to moderate...