Cowl unit
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cowl-unit-288-8991096
title:
Cowl unit
text:
A cowl unit is a diesel locomotive with full-width, enclosing bodywork, similar in appearance to the cab unit-style of earlier locomotives, such as the EMD F-units of the 1940s and 1950s. The term cowl unit is of North American origin, although similarly-styled locomotives exist elsewhere. Unlike a cab unit, whose body is both an enclosure and the main structural member of the locomotive, a cowl unit’s bodywork acts only as a enclosure—the body plays no structural role. Structural support for
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description:
Locomotive body style
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowl_unit
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2024-02-14T02:20:04Z
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