Are there bathrooms in the train engines? Engines, not cargo/passengers.?

Question

I'm talking about the train engines..(Amtrak etc). the part that pulls the cargo and passenger cars.

I've been wondering about this for ages, because the vehicle looks entirely like a machine... the conductor can hardly move around in there to begin with. I've googled it and search and couldn't find anything. Is there a photo link anyone knows about?

Amtrak, Union Pacific engines, etc

Answer 1

yes, there are. In the older locomotives, they were located back in the engine room, but in modern wide-cab locomotives, the bathroom is located in the nose.

I got this from an article in TRAINS MAGAZINE:

back in some of the earlier diesel locomotives, where the toilet was back in the engine compartment, you NEVER flushed when the unit was in Notch 8 throtting, because when the engine is in notch 8, it's trying to suck in combustion air from any opening it had to the outside, basically creating a vaccum, so if you flushed, the contents of the toilet would either end up sticking to the ceiling or your @$$.
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A lot of modern cabs come equipped with an evironmentally-friendly toilet in the nose (don't have to worry about when to & not to flush. flush anytime you want.), along with stuff like ergonomicly designed adjustable seats, a refrigerator, telephone-style recievers, a first aid kit, there's even a choice of cab card holders. Other options that vary from railroad to railroad include multi-lingual decals, a built-in hot plate, a microwave, a house keeping light, even fold-down sinks. I hope that gives you an idea of what a locomotive cab is like. There is plenty of room for toilets & stuff, even though they look machine-like from the outside.

Answer 2

It's not standard in all engines, it's a option (like power locks on your car). I have never seen a Amtrak Engine without a bathroom. Metro North Railroad on the other hand, does not have a single genesis locomotive with a bathroom. The Conductor is the lucky one, he's with the passengers and can go as he pleases. The poor engineer is doing the pee-pee dance till he pulls in to GCT.

Answer 3

For the hood-unit freight engines, the toilet is in the nose of the engine, forward and below the cab.

On passenger engines with a full-width body, I know on the General Electric AMD103 Genesis used by Amtrak right now, it's behind the cab (no room in the nose).

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

The toilets in locomotives are ghastly! Another common practice is "checking the coupler oil." The engineer puts three-step protection in place, and the affected crew member stands against the coupler and the pilot, urinating underneath the engine. Sure beats those dry bowls!

Answer 5

Yes there is, I know on the freight engines you get to it by walking to the front of the engine, not sure how you get to it on the passenger engines, probably have a doorway from the engineers cabin.

Answer 6

yes in the late 1980s into the 1990s they added restrooms for the locomotive engineer.

Answer 7

yes they do in the nose .. and they are the nastiest bathrooms on the planet.... i and most other guys pee off the side of the locomotive...the bathrooms are horrible and smelly...

Answer 8

i depends on if you have to piss or ****. if you have to go **** you go to the bathroom. if you have to piss you just open the door and piss away. im a train driver and thats what i do.

Answer 9

yep, and a refrigerator, w cold water.