QUOTE: Originally posted by farmer03 that's gotta get boring after a while....12 hours talking to yourself...
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QUOTE: Originally posted by macguy Wow, I never knew that some Amtrak trains were going around with only a single engineer. I believe all Via trains have two engineers on board.... is that true?
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QUOTE: Originally posted by oltmannd If the engineer dies or is otherwise incapacitated, the alerter will stop the train with a penalty brake application. Time between required alerter resets varies with speed. Sleeping engineers have been know to reflexively reset the alerter, however.
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