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Re: Why is the engineer always located on the right side?
Author: NormSchultze
Date: 10-25-2019 - 09:01

It's because the railway was first opened in England, where "driving" is reversed from the US. The same with ships. The Captain sits on the right in vessels: so railways adopted a right hand operational approach.

Aircraft were invented in North American, which operates on a left handed manner. In an aircraft, the Captain sits in the left seat.

It's an historical artifact.

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  Why is the engineer always located on the right side? HUTCH 7.62 10-24-2019 - 19:11
  Re: Why is the engineer always located on the right side? Dr Zarkoff 10-24-2019 - 19:39
  Re: Why is the engineer always located on the right side? Enginerr 10-24-2019 - 22:31
  Re: Why is the engineer always located on the right side? toot 10-25-2019 - 07:47
  Re: Why is the engineer always located on the right side? HUTCH 7.62 10-25-2019 - 08:07
  Re: Why is the engineer always located on the right side? MoveOn.org 10-25-2019 - 08:57
  Re: Why is the engineer always located on the right side? NormSchultze 10-25-2019 - 09:01
  Re: Why is the engineer always located on the right side? Hot Water 10-25-2019 - 11:55
  Re: Why is the engineer always located on the right side? theconductor 10-25-2019 - 10:29
  Re: Why is the engineer always located on the right side? Hillary 10-25-2019 - 10:45
  Re: Why is the engineer always located on the right side? Chuck 10-25-2019 - 11:27
  Re: Why is the engineer always located on the right side? Dr Zarkoff 10-25-2019 - 12:24
  Re: Why is the engineer always located on the right side? HUTCH 7.62 10-25-2019 - 12:39
  Re: Why is the engineer always located on the right side? Hot Water 10-25-2019 - 12:49
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  Re: Why is the engineer always located on the right side? HUTCH 7.62 10-25-2019 - 17:08
  Re: Why is the engineer always located on the right side? theconductor 10-25-2019 - 23:48
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