Re: Why is the engineer always located on the right side?
Author: Hot Water
Date: 10-25-2019 - 11:55
NormSchultze Wrote:
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> 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.
Then why is the Driver (Engineer to we colonists) on the lefthand side in Great Britain?
> 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.