Charlie
No, it was the combination of right handed engineer on right handed track (or
left and left for that matter) rather than putting the engineer in the middle,
as is the case with vehicles. If you follow the notion that teamsters sat
on the left rear horse to keep their right arm free and that they kept to the
right side of the road, why weren’t engineers placed on the left side of
the cab? The follow-up is where was the first double track installed, and
which side was used? Absolutely irrelevant to the mighty Burlington but
interesting none the less!
(For any potential tourists heading down-under, let me assure you that driving
on the “wrong” side isn’t that difficult, having driven in USA,
Canada and Europe)
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
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Sent: 15 October 2015 07:31
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Left handed
engines
I think Rupert raised
the question of why we Yanks insist on driving on the Right rather than on the
Left as they do in the British Empire.
Here is a link to the
full explanation http://www.worldstandards.eu/cars/driving-on-the-left/
which was quite interesting. Turns out it has to do with revolutions and
multi-horse team wagons.
Having been in countries
that do it the wrong way I still think it isn’t Right!!!
(driving isn’t something I would try because it is bad enough trying to
remember to look the opposite way when stepping off the curb so as not to be
run over!!)
Charlie Vlk