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Like on one Website the top cab height of a modern american freight locomotive is 15 feet 7.5 inches and the engine hood which is the same height as the top cab is 14 feet 11 inches, and after more research it came out that the locomotives FULL height is 15 feet 7.5 inches, so could you guys could Tell me the actual cab roof and full height of some locomotives? Thank you!
Like on one Website the top cab height of a modern american freight locomotive is 15 feet 7.5 inches and the engine hood which is the same height as the top cab is 14 feet 11 inches, and after more research it came out that the locomotives FULL height is 15 feet 7.5 inches, so could you guys could Tell me the actual cab roof and full height of some locomotives? Thank you!
Well, that depends on certain models of locomotives, Not all are generally 15ft 7.5, there are others, for example, the ET44ac that stands at a height of 16'1, or the sd70ace that stands at the height of 15'11, Now ima used a reference of how all Big tender engines back in the days of steam were generally over 16ft tall like the big boys that were 16'2 or the PRR Q1s that were 16'5.5 heck, there were some that were 17ft, Or the Santa fe 4-8-4( As far as I know) that had the extended smoke stacks that reaches 19ft tall,. So id say the general height clearance for American locomotives are over 16ft tall. but what got me off is that Most of those locomotives were 11-12ft, but now modern U.S freight locomotives are mostly 10ft, which is wide by European standards but not as wide as how it was back in the steam era In the U.S.
In conclusion, All American locomotives are generally 16 feet in length, along with a good few that are 17 feet tall or taller in today's world.
