requiring just a touch-up to the paint on the front?
2007-04-30 14:03:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
No, they weren't designed to do that. It's the simple matter of the mass required for a locomotive to pull the cars and the difficulty of stopping the entire mass of the train once it's in motion.
The locomotive requires as much weight as possible to put sufficient frictional force on the gain traction to get the train moving. That means more weight, and more steel. Since you're already dealing with a diesel-electric plant that weighs a great deal, and requires a great deal of structure to support, it starts getting difficult to add crumple zones.
Locomotives are designed to more the train. Rail crossing warnings, crossbars, flashing lights, and the like are designed to prevent collisions with automotive traffic.
Never stop on the tracks.
2007-04-30 14:12:11 · answer #1 · answered by jettech 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. The thing on the front is called a 'cow catcher' it was really used for cows back in the day(WWW).
The reasons locomotives are Very heavy. They 'plow' through cars and trucks because they are heavy plus they move without the ability to stop on a dime-- unlike your car. Thats why you wait for them.
2007-05-01 05:25:58 · answer #2 · answered by Placido 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are designed to protect the driver, not the prat who has parked his car in front of the engine.
Never stop on a railway line, never jump the lights.
2007-05-01 07:29:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're not designed that way, but I suggest you stay out of their way.
2007-04-30 22:46:53 · answer #4 · answered by TedEx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no its for cows...
2007-04-30 21:06:43 · answer #5 · answered by G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋