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Great responses! Thanks. Random thoughts in reply: 1. Intially use only on single-line routes, not inter-line runs. Chicago-LA on BNSF, for example. No problem with rule books on such a route. 2. Information techology would be a major assist. In the 1970's, Frisco had locomotives equipped with route profiles that "unrolled" the route ahead for engineers. That was primative compared to today's capabilities. 3. Certainly, special training and route-familialization would be required. 4. Sleeper cabs have been refined over the years in the trucking industry, so GE/EMD should be able to collaborate with Peterbilt, et al, to build integrated sleepers into lead units of acceptable design. (Crew cars seem to me to be a "throw-back" solution.) 5. The comment on Mark Twain as Mississippi river pilot is on-point! 6. Does anyone have more information on the Amtrak experiment?
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