Why put that, or any, diesel in front of a control car? I thought that most of Metrolink trains are very capable of "Push-Pull" operation. (I know that there is an F59PH or something similiar at the other side of the train.)
Wasn't that what those cars were supposed to do?
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Safety reasons. The NTSB made Metrolink use a locomotive in front of those Rotem Cab cars after a derailment from hitting a utility truck in Oxnard CA.
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