Patent ID: 6360672
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: B61C,B61D

Abstract:
A locomotive comprising:a platform having a forward end and a rearward end; a truck connected to the platform for supporting and propelling the platform on rails; an equipment compartment attached to the platform and having opposed sides; an operator cab attached to the platform forward of the equipment compartment and having opposed sides, at least one side of the operator cab extending beyond one of the sides of the equipment compartment to expose an operator cab rear panel, the operator cab rear panel defining a rearwardly-exposed portion of the operator cab which is not protected by the equipment compartment from impact with a foreign object when the locomotive is operated in a rearward direction; and a protective member disposed proximate the operator cab rear panel for providing impact protection for the rearwardly-exposed portion against a forward-directed load imparted by a foreign object striking the rearwardly-exposed portion of the operator cab, the protective member being substantially confined within the rearwardly-exposed portion and providing localized impact protection to only the rearwardly-exposed portion of the operator cab.