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Larry,I've been railroading for 26yrs and have had my share of first generation units.Just because my dad walked uphill both ways 4 miles to school doesn't mean I have to.We've come a long way in working comfort the past 10yrs or so.Heat and air conditioning that actually works,noise reduction so we don't need hearing aides when we retire,refrigerators that work and hold more than just a few bottles of water,larger and safer cabs,etc... It has nothing to do with being tough it has to do with humane working conditions.Spent my share of sitting in sidings duruing 100 degree days with every posible window door open and an inside temp. of 120,only shade to be found is on the leeward side of the train.Glad those days are long gone.Still occasionally get stuck with a SD-40-2 with no air to remind me of what it use to be like.We did it back then because we didn't have a choice.Now we do.
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