"F" unit?...I did not know this

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Don't know what happened to the sound...But the story goes back to the first passenger diesel. The designers wanted to let the engineer's to know which was the front of the engine and which was the rear. So the designated the front with and "F" displayed at the front of the engine...sorry about the lack of sound
 
Good explanation, sound works for me.
The F is very important too especially on center cabs.

I ran a small GE loco that faced the south with F on the front but the normal direction of travel was north on a loop.
When they radioed “loco 97 go ahead ten cars” I’d go south being ahead.
So one day I spun it around to be correct, totally screwed up the old guys! 😆
 


Not to mention dual-cab locomotives. Those are usually numbered 1 & 2 for front and rear. That is mostly for maintenance purposes as it doesn't really matter which end is the front, they are both the same.
 
Some railroads ran cab forward as front and other railroads ran cab at the rear on their switchers.
I think Union Pacific ran their geeps with cab at the rear to help prevent injury to engineers in case of an accident.
This info may be in the video John from Indiana posted. I could not watch the video as I do NOT do facebook.

Take care....John
 
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