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- Cowl_unit abstract "A cowl unit is a body style of diesel locomotive. The terminology is a North American one, though similar locomotives exist elsewhere. A cowl unit is one with full-width enclosing bodywork, similar to the cab unit style of earlier locomotives, but unlike the cab unit style, the bodywork is merely a casing and is not load-bearing. All the strength is in the locomotive's frame, beneath the floor, rather than the bridge-truss load-bearing carbody of the earlier type.Cowl units were originally produced at the request of the Santa Fe, had a full-width 'cowl' body built on a hood unit frame which provided all the structural strength; the bodywork was cosmetic, rather than a load-bearing bridge truss frame as in cab units.Most cowl units have been passenger-hauling locomotives. In this service, the cowl unit's full width bodywork and sleek sides match the passenger cars, do not allow unwanted riders, and allow the decorative, advertising paintwork desired by passenger operators. The cowl unit allows the basic structure of the locomotive to be identical to a freight-oriented hood unit type.The main disadvantage of the cowl unit is low rear visibility from the cab of the locomotive. The EMD SD50F and SD60F, GE C40-8M and BBD HR-616 were given a Draper Taper (named after its creator, William L. Draper, a former Canadian National assistant chief of motive power) where the body is narrower immediately behind the cab, and gradually widens further aft, although the roof remains full-width the length of the locomotive. This improves rear visibility somewhat, but the locomotives still cannot lead a train in reverse as a hood unit can.".
- Cowl_unit thumbnail AMTK_345_IN_Porter.jpg?width=300.
- Cowl_unit wikiPageID "887259".
- Cowl_unit wikiPageRevisionID "592274978".
- Cowl_unit hasPhotoCollection Cowl_unit.
- Cowl_unit subject Category:Diesel_locomotives.
- Cowl_unit type Artifact100021939.
- Cowl_unit type Container103094503.
- Cowl_unit type Conveyance103100490.
- Cowl_unit type DieselLocomotive103193597.
- Cowl_unit type DieselLocomotives.
- Cowl_unit type Instrumentality103575240.
- Cowl_unit type Locomotive103684823.
- Cowl_unit type Object100002684.
- Cowl_unit type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Cowl_unit type Self-propelledVehicle104170037.
- Cowl_unit type Vehicle104524313.
- Cowl_unit type WheeledVehicle104576211.
- Cowl_unit type Whole100003553.
- Cowl_unit comment "A cowl unit is a body style of diesel locomotive. The terminology is a North American one, though similar locomotives exist elsewhere. A cowl unit is one with full-width enclosing bodywork, similar to the cab unit style of earlier locomotives, but unlike the cab unit style, the bodywork is merely a casing and is not load-bearing.".
- Cowl_unit label "Cowl unit".
- Cowl_unit label "カウル・ユニット".
- Cowl_unit sameAs カウル・ユニット.
- Cowl_unit sameAs m.03lw79.
- Cowl_unit sameAs Q5179733.
- Cowl_unit sameAs Q5179733.
- Cowl_unit sameAs Cowl_unit.
- Cowl_unit wasDerivedFrom Cowl_unit?oldid=592274978.
- Cowl_unit depiction AMTK_345_IN_Porter.jpg.
- Cowl_unit isPrimaryTopicOf Cowl_unit.