[CBQ] Shovelnose question

["Ed Pavlovic" <cbq168a@comcast.net>]

Was reading the latest Bulletin that came in the mail today and noticed the 
photo of the Mark Twain Zephyr that struck the barge that was fouling the track.

Made me wonder, I know I've looked in the cab of the Pioneer Zephyr at MSI and 
simply don't remember, but did they have any type of collision posts to give 
some protection to the engine crew?  You look at the front end of a shovelnose 
and from the outside it doesn't look like it really is that much more 
substantial construction than a streetcar or interurban would have, and I've 
seen photos of those after a wreck.

Was the Burlington lucky enough not to have had major accidents with the 
shovelnoses? 

Thanks to all of those involved in the production of this Burlington Bulletin, 
an excellent job!

Ed Pavlovic

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