trainplan1
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Bit of a unusual question but wonder if someone can help my curiosity.
A lot of older units and locos have their power controller on the right hand side of the desk and the brake handles on the left and thus would normally be controlled with respective hands.
With the move to combined power/brake controllers on multiple units in particular, most newer stock has this on the left hand side.
Was there any particular thinking behind this? Drivers more used to braking with their left hands and thus the "safer" side for it to be on?
Having driven a few TOC simulators and being right handed it doesn't feel unnatural to me but more curious as to why it ended up that way.
Also how many units/locos have the combined handle on the right? I know some of the London Underground trains are/were so but not familiar with many on the main line. This is were I find there's a lot more than I realise...
A lot of older units and locos have their power controller on the right hand side of the desk and the brake handles on the left and thus would normally be controlled with respective hands.
With the move to combined power/brake controllers on multiple units in particular, most newer stock has this on the left hand side.
Was there any particular thinking behind this? Drivers more used to braking with their left hands and thus the "safer" side for it to be on?
Having driven a few TOC simulators and being right handed it doesn't feel unnatural to me but more curious as to why it ended up that way.
Also how many units/locos have the combined handle on the right? I know some of the London Underground trains are/were so but not familiar with many on the main line. This is were I find there's a lot more than I realise...