Cab (locomotive)
![Control stand (driver's control console) of Union Pacific Railroad](/Images/godic/202501/24/UP_Centennial_control_stand3656.jpg")
![Cab of a German steam locomotive, view of the fireman's side. In the right middle of the image is a clamped driver's timetable, below that the firebox door can be seen.](/Images/godic/202501/24/P8-führerstand23656.jpg")
![Cab of a Bavarian EP 2 electric locomotive in the Nuremberg Transport Museum, Nuremberg](/Images/godic/202501/24/Führerstand_E32_040102_Nbg3656.jpg")
![Driver's cab of a Japanese JR Freight Class EF210 electric locomotive](/Images/godic/202501/24/EF210_COCKPIT3656.jpg")
The cab, crew compartment or driver's compartment of a locomotive, or a self-propelled rail vehicle, is the part housing the train driver or engineer, the fireman or driver's assistant (secondman) (if any), and the controls necessary for the locomotive's, or self-propelled rail vehicle's, operation.