“We are always looking for ways to help our customers further improve site safety,” President and CEO David Wilkerson says. “Our industrial customers operate across complex sites with crossing traffic of both people and vehicles. Better visibility definitely helps the engineer become a safer operator.”
The Hi-Vis cab is a new design that was undertaken specifically to improve safety of operation in industrial sites. Typical switcher locomotives have adequate visibility but are challenged by older window technology and the blind spots of larger hood structures. The cab design has minimal structural interference and nearly 30 percent more total window area than a comparable switcher cab.
With a low profile hood design enabled by modern genset power, the cab sits higher over the hood, enabling longer windows and further enhancing visibility. The operator and other crew members have unobstructed views of all walkways to ensure the safety of others entering or exiting the unit.
The larger cab interior space accommodates a much wider range of operator interface layouts. The company achieved this major operational improvement while staying within all structural safety guidelines of AAR M-1003.
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