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<p><u><b>Justin:</b></u> Yes, crew fatigue is a big issue the railroads are facing. Most older locomotives don't have alerters, so on older locomotives, the engineer dozing off and passing a signal or something was a big problem. Nowadays, that's less of an issue but ONLY on locomotives equipped with alerters! The big Class 1s are still operating a lot of older locomotives without alerters, and with the exception of the regionals/shortlines with new or rebuilt power equipped with alerters, it's still a problem.</p><p>Even with alerters, I would think you get into a routine and just press it automatically, on autopilot. While you can't easily doze off, spacing out might be an issue, causing you to miss a signal or something. Any railroaders want to elaborate on that? <br></p>
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