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Dual Control Stand refers to the North American practice of some railroads to have two control stands in the cab of a hood unit locomotive, one on either side facing opposite directions to allow operation either long hood forward or short hood forward. This practice was largely used by the Norfolk & Western during the 1960 and 1970, but could also be found on select Erie Lackawanna, Reading, and Penn Central locomotives during the same time period
The reasoning behind have two control stands was to put the engineer on the proper side of the locomotive regardless of the direction of travel, this would reduce the need to turn the locomotive at a terminal.
[edit] List of locomotives built with dual control stands
[edit] References
- Paul K. Withers (2007). Norfolk Southern Locomotive Directory 2006-2007. Withers Publishing.
- Larry DeYoung (2004). Erie Lackawanna SDP45s - Sept/Oct 2004 Diesel Era. Withers Publishing.
