Diesel locomotive has always been considered as a prime mode of transport especially for the rail road industry. So, the ergonomic design of the cockpit is very much the necessity at this juncture. An ergonomic cockpit is required so that the locomotive pilot can sustain under extreme circumstances. In this paper, the prime focus has been on designing the driver's seat and control panel of the WDP4 model, which is widely used in Eastern Railway, Howrah division. Existing model of the control panel with the chair was modeled after taking actual field measurements. Using RULA as the prime parameter for comfort of the locomotive pilot, a suggestive control panel with the chair was developed with a lower score. The analysis had been conducted using CATIA V5 R18 software. Designed for convenience, this approach mainly redefines the concept of design for human use. The goal of this paper is to design and suggest a safe and sound ergonomic control panel of WDP4 diesel locomotive that would be helpful for a wide range of Indian drivers
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