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	Cab unit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A cab unit and a carbody unit are body styles of locomotives in railroad terminology.
		For this reason, cab units are mostly used in situations where rear visibility is not important, such as power for through freight and passenger trains.
		Cab units are also more aerodynamic than hood units, and pulled many of the streamliner trains.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cab_unit (257 words)

	MSW Management \| Feature
		Units were found and purchased from many diverse locations, with applications ranging from a unit modified with a camera boom and wheeled outriggers for movie photo shoots to a 30-year-old unit with less than 2,000 operating hours previously owned by the Atomic Energy Commission.
		Units were proposed to the county whereby the operator was required to drive in reverse from a pedestal mounted cab while promotional footage of the unit's operation showed the front end shaking dramatically on usage.
		Buckets were demonstrated, and a unit was selected that seemed particularly appropriate for the trash mixture in Miami with an extended life of 300,000 cycles, hydraulic power rotation, and a closure force of 4,000 lb.
	www.forester.net /mw_0305_its.html (1522 words)

	Pre-assembled wall unit for a vehicle cab - Patent 6578907
		Cabs for industrial or agricultural vehicles, frequently include a rollover protection frame that is fastened to a rigid floor plate to whose rear side regions fenders are fastened.
		Preferably, the cab enclosure is configured as a cover which projects to the side over the support structure for a cab configuration in which air filter housings are integrated into the cab wall and which are provided with ventilation ducts open to the interior of the cab.
		This permits a simple assembly of the wall unit 24, that can be set upon the sliding rails with their skids and then slid forward into the tractor cab 10 until the opening in the rear of the cab is closed by the support structure 26.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /6578907.html (3010 words)

	A unit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An A unit, in railroad terminology, is a locomotive (generally a diesel or electric locomotive) equipped with a driving cab, or crew compartment, and the control system to control other locomotives in a multiple unit, and therefore able to be the lead unit in a consist of several locomotives controlled from a single position.
		B units always lack all of these features, except that some EMD F-units have an extra porthole-style side window(s) for a hostler (an employee permitted to move a locomotive in a yard only — not on the road).
		Hood unit "road switcher" types were generally equipped with driving cabs and the term "A unit" was not generally applied to them, although the rare cabless road switchers were still called B units.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/A_unit (253 words)

	Mabie Brothers - Combine Parts and Service
		Cab with heat: cab, heater unit, door and windscreen wipers, mounting hardware and brackets.
		Cab with heat and A/C: cab, heater unit, A/C compressor with 134A refrigerant, door and windscreen wipers, mounting hardware and brackets.
		Cabs with climate controls include roof-mounted vents and rotary switches to adjust temperature and fan speed.
	www.mabiebrothers.com /posi/attach/cab/cab.html (234 words)

	Union Pacific EMD F Units
		The Union Pacific Railroad was an early convert to the benefits of dieselization, and as such, was the owner of the largest fleet of EMD F3A cab units and F3B booster unit locomotives in the nation, with 89 cab units and 90 booster units.
		The four cab units, six booster units, and two FP7s that came in 1952, along with the one F7A that came in 1953, were not ordered as such, but came either as special purchases or as replacements for other, wrecked locomotives.
		The remaining three cab units, 904, 905, and 909, were rebuilt to F7As by EMD at La Grange in late 1954 and early 1955, becoming the 1455, 1456, and 1460.
	utahrails.net /articles/up-f-units.php (5004 words)

	The MARC 7100 Returns! (NOV. 99 CSX Railfan Magazine) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The unit was transformed into a APCU (All Purpose Control Unit) push-pull cab unit with the removal of its prime-mover and replacement of a 6 cylinder HEP (Head-End Power) Cummins Diesel engine in the prime-mover's original place in the center of the car body along with a weight package.
		The other 4 units were essentially the same except that they were outfitted with a rebuilt version of their original prime-movers.
		Cab signal receivers are mounted at both ends and run on a 100 MHZ receiver base signal.
	www.trainweb.org /csxrailfan/nov99/marc7100/marc7100.html (1117 words)

	Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society :: Home
		Units 118L, 130L and 121L are all graduates from La Grange class of 1943.
		It was made up of four separate power units of 1350 HP each for a total of 5400 HP, a close equivalent to the HP rating of the most modern steam locomotives of the day including the Santa Fe 's new 3765 class 4-8-4's and 5001 class 2-10-4's.
		At the end of the run it was just "fill her up and check the oil" and head out on another train instead of a visit to the roundhouse for the labor intensive servicing required by a steam locomotive prior to another run.
	www.atsfrr.com /resources/funits/ft.htm (539 words)

	[340 NLRB No. 171]CAB Associates, 29-CA-24331 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		CAB contends, inter alia, that the complaint was untimely under Section 10(b) of the Act.
		From late December 1999 until January 2001, the Union was unaware of work being performed by CAB requiring bargaining-unit employees, and it was also unaware of any contracts being awarded CAB that would require it to hire unit employees.
		CAB contends that the 10(b) period began to run when it failed to respond to the Union’s January 19, 2000 letter demanding that CAB sign an independent agreement.
	www.nlrb.gov /nlrb/shared_files/decisions/340/340-171.htm (10469 words)

	January 2002 AGGMAN Operations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		One cab evaluated was a very old Davey M8B surface drill, in which it was not physically possible to seal the cab.1# This cab had large holes in the enclosure where control linkages entered the cab, as well as a loose-fitting bifold door that was on the drill table side of the drill.
		A new air-conditioning/heater pressurization and filtration unit was installed on the roof of the cab, but because of the numerous gaps and holes in the cab enclosure, positive pressure was not achievable.
		Their unit was comprised of three different components: a filter/heater/air conditioning main unit, a condenser unit for air conditioning and a pressurizer unit.
	www.aggman.com /0102_pages/0102operations.html (9670 words)

	Power for the Mill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		By the mid-1970's, the aging EMD-repowered center-cabs and remaining Baldwin switchers were the least-efficient locomotives on the J. Purchases of 13 SD38-2's in 1974-1975 spelled doom for the center-cabs, the last of which was retired in 1976.
		One of the new SD38-2's, the 668, was selected to serve as the J's Bicentennial unit; it was delivered by EMD in plain white paint, with the J applying red and blue stripes.
		The unit EJandE received in return, BandLE SD38-2 891, operated in full Bessemer orange-and-fl paint through mid-1987, when it was renumbered EJandE 669 and its trucks and fuel tank were repainted from fl to J's standard silver.
	members.aol.com /centercab/picsmil.html (1392 words)

	[No title]
		Cab Interface Unit For the purpose of this document, the Cab Interface Unit is defined as the system or component(s) that is used to convert the discrete trainline status and some console control signal into Propulsion Network commands.
		The Cab Interface Unit shall be designed in such a way to ensure that no single point failure of the its circuitry could lead to a valid duplicated signal.
		Multiple active Cab Interface Unit shall be verified with the same logic as the Master Controller, except that a count of 5 (instead of 10 as specified in REF _Ref460855595 \r \h 11.3.1) shall be reached prior to enabling the PBC.
	www.tsd.org /043-BRA-0077.DOC (5186 words)

	[No title]
		A one-year CAB member term was adopted.Next meetingClaire suggested that a protocol review be discussed at the next CAB meeting, as regular protocol review and feedback updates willould be a large part of CAB responsibilities.
		Solutions were discussed which included: adopting and adhering to the structure of the CAB guidelines to assist in facilitating the meetings, ensuring that members follow the “rules of the game”, allowing for a form of meeting feedback to help defuse future problems, a mechanism for handling “disruptive” members.
		A mechanism will be adopted for dismissing CAB members who fail to uphold their agreement.Check-in at the end of the meeting will be used to get feedback from members and attendees on the meeting content.
	ucsf.edu /its/listserv/cc-cpcra-cab/att-0009/01-CAB_Minutes_8-25-03.doc (825 words)

	Cab Unit Survivors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Because of their pumpkin shaped noses, the F’s were excellent in battling the fierce snowdrifts that would sometimes render the Western Pacific’s hood units difficult to operate, as snow accumulating on the short hood reduced visibility to nearly zero.
		Basically, the scheme is the old freight coloring with the exception of a silver cab roof instead of fl a la that found on the railroad’s passenger units.
		Units 913 had been donated to the California State Railroad Museum in may of 1981 and the 918 donated to the Pacific Locomotive Association at Niles Canyon.
	www.wplives.com /archives/scabunits/index.html (2063 words)

	Inteltrack D.E.D. - Dragging Equipment Detector (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When the rear Telemeter unit passes the detector plate and the plate is triggered, the low cost electronic detector unit will be activated for a certain time.
		The rear telemeter unit then receives this message and transmit the alarm to the cab unit located in the front of the train with the train crew.
		The alarm is logged in the memory of the cab unit.
	www.inteletrack.co.za /d_e_d.htm (267 words)

	Alco DL109
		The prototype unit was purchased by the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific, and differed from subsequent DL units primarily in type of prime mover and electrical systems.
		While certainly not as well known as the ALCo cab units which followed it, and not built in the numbers EMD cab units were, the DL-109 has its place in the pantheon of exotic diesel cab units.
		Few railfans are even aware of its existence, and certainly it does not warrant the fanfare attributed to many of the other early diesel cab units, as it was not produced in the same quantities as many of its contemporaries.
	exotic.railfan.net /alcodl109.htm (876 words)

	Oyster Bay Railroad Museum
		The cab unit came from a former New Haven Railroad FA-1 diesel locomotive numbered 0402, built by the American Locomotive Company in 1947.
		The public was allowed to climb up into the cab and have their photos taken while looking out the engineer’s window.
		At that time, the Cab Unit will be open to the public on weekends to allow the public to once again climb into the cab of a diesel locomotive and get the feel of sitting in the engineer’s seat.
	www.lirr35.org /WFCab.htm (337 words)

	[No title]
		CBandQ red, white and gray scheme; Unit is fully lettered "Burlington" on side of long hood and it has the "Burlington Route" logo on side of the cab and under it there is stenciled "BN".
		Northern Pacific Black with yellow noses and sill; Unit is FRESHLY painted; The "BN" initial and number have been add to the side of the cab.
		Unit has full "Northern Pacific" lettering and logo but under the number on the side of the cab it has "BN" initials.
	home.comcast.net /~railimages/SLIDE-LIST/BN.htm (506 words)

	rc
		The new cab and chassis requested is a 12,500 gvw cab and chassis to meet the weight requirements for this unit.
		The cab and chassis will be the foundation for the new apparatus to be assembled by the Stillwater Fire Department.
		The new unit will be used for wildland firefighting operations involving vegetation type fires and structure protection in the urban interface and rural settings that surround our community.
	www.stillwater.org /cc040703/cc0369.htm (421 words)

	Design Committee Meeting Minutes of 9.23.99
		In this case ISS02 would be BB for billboards, UN for units, FE for features (using the codes in IT109) and ISS01 would be the count for that particular type of unit.
		Again, the feeling is that it is not the responsibility of the v3.0 mapping to accommodate a specific flat file format since the ultimate goal of v3.0 is to be a unit-based, not a line-based implementation.
		The consensus of the committee is that an invoiced unit’s status as a makegood is irrelevant as long as the unit matches the agencies buy file.
	www.cabletvadbureau.com /EDI/Meetings/DesignCommSept2399.htm (1514 words)

	Cowl unit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cowl_unit (265 words)

	Inteltrack Portable Cab unit TC-P-700
		The cab unit consists of a microprocessor, radio modem and 16 digit alpha-numeric LCD display, with backlighting for night visibility, and an integral antenna.
		The cab unit receives the messages from the rear unit via a radio-modem.
		The status of the cab and rear unit’s batteries are also continuously displayed.
	www.inteletrack.co.za /portable_cab.htm (391 words)

	Inteltrack Fixed Cab unit TC-F-700
		The fixed front unit (TC-F-700) is designed to be fitted inside the train-radio enclosure or the cab instrument console and work off power supplied by the train (12 Volt).
		In addition, the circuitry used inside the fixed front unit is made to be in PC-104 format, and can be converted to a PC-104 card (TC-PC104-700) with very little effort.
		Depending on the rear unit used, vacuum is measured from -100 Kpa to 700 Kpa in 1 Kpa steps.
	www.inteletrack.co.za /fixed_front.htm (444 words)

	Cabride Videos
		Our new SD40-2F wide cab unit, #9020 is the lead diesel on our 3-unit freight eastbound.
		Enjoy a cab ride in an AMD-103 (Genesis) powering the California Zephyr through some of the finest scenery in North America from Denver to Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
		Enjoy a cab ride with the locomotive crew of Amtrak's fabled "Southwest Chief" as it travels over the former Santa Fe Railway.
	www.gregschollvideo.com /cabrides.html (774 words)

	HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials & Drug Research Studies, NY: Community Advisory Board
		The primary role of the CAB is to integrate community involvement into the clinical trials process in order to advance HIV/AIDS research.
		The CAB also educates the public about the importance of the participation of all communities in clinical trials.
		We encourage the participation of all communities so that the CAB’s diversity reflects the diversity of those who live in New York City, and especially those who are served by Beth Israel Medical Center and its AIDS Clinical Trials Unit.
	www.hivtrials-bethisraelny.org /about/cab.html (437 words)

	RV News On Line - The Voice of the RV Industry
		Images are projected onto a display unit mounted inside the cab.
		From the Bendix XVision in-cab display unit (4.5 inches by 9 inches), the driver sees a real-time, fl and white, thermal image of the road.
		The images appear to the driver on an in-cab display unit, which is either mounted just above the driver's line of sight, flipping down much like a visor, or mounted just below the driver's line of site, flipping up from the console.
	www.rv-news.com /feb2002/spotlight.cfm (430 words)

	Re: (erielack) Erie 750A-B-C-D GE cab unit demonstrator set in the 12-26
		I went into the Army in October 1955 and the units were gone when I returned in late 1957...
		The number on the unit in the picture looks to me to be 750D which was an 8 cylinder unit.
		These units were the direct predecessors of GE's >U25B thanks to all the data gathered during their time on the Erie.
	www.railfan.net /lists/erielack-digest/200512/msg00408.html (952 words)

	B unit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The cab is either removed or has its windows blanked out (such as on CSX GE BQ23-7 units), and all non-essential equipment is removed.
		This conversion was sometimes performed when the A unit had been in a collision and rebuilding the cab was not cost-effective.
		And in some rare instances, B units were converted to incorporate a cab, such as on the Chicago and North Western Railway in the 1970s with some EMD E8 B units bought from the Union Pacific.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/B_unit (829 words)

	Custom Service, Same Low Price
		Austin Cab wants to better the community in many ways, including providing accessibility advocacy for the mobility impaired.
		Paratransit Services is the name for Austin Cab's Wheelchair Accessible Transportation Group and its existence means fewer barriers for everyone.
		Austin Cab’s wheelchair accessible minivans accommodate power wheelchairs and scooters up to 31” wide and our larger vans can carry bigger custom power chairs for your convenience.
	www.austincab.com /id12.html (342 words)

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