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steeple cab

noun

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  1. A centrally placed cab on some early electric locomotives.

    • All main line work is carried out by the Type 1s, whose principal design fault is offside "blindness", due to the position of the driving cab behind a long, high nose; a steeple cab would obviously be preferable.

  2. An electric locomotive with such a cab.

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